Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 212 0207 [Deep sense of powerlessness]

The first to receive the transfer order were the three from Lei Ze County.

Cao Yuangui was amazed: "It's really undisguised, how can you transfer all the officials of the yamen at the same time?"

"The treacherous party is really shameless!" Wang Tian was so angry that he slapped the table.

Geng Dingchen could only respond with a wry smile.

The transfer of positions also requires rules. It is impossible to transfer all officials away, otherwise who will take charge of government affairs?

Cao Yuangui said happily in bitterness: "I don't care, anyway, I have been in Lei Ze County for less than a year. Although I was moved to a remote place, at least I selected someone to be promoted to a higher level, and I can still earn two years of qualifications for nothing. .”

The assignments of the three of them have not changed, but the promotion of Jilu Guan to a higher rank is not a waste of work for Zhu Ming.

Wang Tian said: "Only half of the land of Sun and Qian's family has been measured, so just leave it alone?"

Cao Yuangui said ruthlessly: "Cut the mess quickly, and within ten days, all the land of the two families will be finished!"

Geng Dingchen couldn't help but said: "The ancestors of the Qian family were heroes in the founding of the country, so there must be nothing serious about it. Those subordinate officials in the county government who were too involved with the Sun family have already been arrested by the prefect. The rest of them will be taken in. The submission of the certificate has already offended the Sun family to death, and they are the ones who should really be worried."

Wang Tian said: "Yes, the three of us don't need to worry about anything. Just urge the subordinates to do things, and those subordinates are more anxious than us."

"There must also be a charter," Cao Yuangui said, "The hidden land of the Sun family was found out, and the Sun family was ordered to pay taxes within three days. Those who could make decisions in the Sun family were arrested, and they were robbed by horse bandits. How can we pay the taxes?" together?"

Geng Dingchen said: "The hidden land that cannot be paid back is used as official land and sold to the common people. The surrounding land is sold to wealthy households in other villages. The middle land is distributed to the offshoots of the Sun family."

Wang Tian said: "The hidden fields that the Qian family has already found out can also be distributed to the Qian family's offshoots."

You said something, I said something, and the three of them discussed laying mines for Sun Qian's family.

Once the land is distributed to the side branches and the government returns the land deed, even if the head of Sun Qian's family is acquitted, it will be difficult to forcefully get it back after returning home.This is to use land resources to disintegrate the Sun and Qian family from within, and let the side branches fight with the main clan.

The three of them discussed and made a decision, and then called the subordinate staff to arrange tasks.

The subordinate officials offended the Sun family to death, and they were indeed crazier than the outgoing county magistrate.Almost all of them were mobilized, Zhang Tian worked day and night, and he sold Yin Tian cheaply to the offshoots of the two clans just for a rough idea.

If the side branch is unwilling to buy the land, it can just force it, and the land purchase money can be owed first.When they get the land deed, will they spit out the meat they eat?

Even the sons of the head clan who were not arrested were forced to separate their families and set up households, and then bought land at a low price on credit.

So what if the Qian family was acquitted?They have long been ruined, and there are no high-ranking officials in the court.Once the land controlled by the chief clan drops sharply, and the family is divided due to land competition, it will be difficult to restore the former glory in the future, and the subordinates will not be afraid of revenge.

The three county magistrates divided up the county government envoy's treasury money, and left in a horse-drawn carriage.

The subordinate staff also made money, and they could earn a few acres for themselves in the process of clearing and selling fields.

When the county magistrates left, Wei Dian, the head of the capital, caught up with him on horseback and asked, "The prefect said that next year's land payment will be 70 renminbi. Does this really count?"

"Of course it counts. I will print the document right now, and you can post it all over the county." Cao Yuangui returned to the county office immediately, and when writing the official document, he also marked the date as before leaving office.

As for what will happen next year, let the successor county magistrate have a headache. By then, the gentry in the county will definitely unite to fight against the tax.

After doing this, the three looked at each other and laughed.

They were transferred to the backcountry, and they had to take revenge no matter what, so that they could vent their hatred.

The three guys went to Puzhou together to say goodbye to Zhu Ming and report the situation by the way.

"Anyuan, Xinhua, Qianwei," Zhu Ming sighed, "these are not good places, and they will delay your future."

Cao Yuangui said: "We are still young, even if we rise up and fall down, we will still be promoted to a higher level. There will be opportunities in the future."

what chance?
Of course it's a free ride with Ju Ming, Cao Yuangui is deliberately reminding him.

Ju Ming immediately drew a big cake: "Today's friendship, we will never forget each other, and we will rely on the three of you in the future."

With Zhu Ming's words, Cao Yuangui, Wang Tian, ​​and Geng Dingchen immediately became happy.

Being able to force the Cai party to mobilize county magistrates in this way shows that Zhu Taishou is very influential.They are all only in their thirties, and Ju Ming is not yet 20, so what if Cai Jing lives another ten years?They can all afford to wait, hugging Ju Ming's thigh today, they will be able to flourish in time.

This is forming a party, and their future identities will be Zhu Ming's disciples and old officials.

After staying in Puzhou for a few days, the three went to work together.

The Autumn Club is about to be held, and Wang Laozhi took the initiative to come to see him.

This guy was wearing a purple Taoist robe, and his face was not very good-looking, because his disciples and grandchildren were being investigated by the county magistrates.

The occupied land needs to be returned, the hidden land must be registered and recorded, and officials must be bribed to avoid being accused of being a monster.

All the Taoist temples in the four counties of Puzhou were brought back to their original form by Zhu Ming!
"The poor Taoist pays homage to the prefect." Wang Laozhi bowed upright.

Zhu Ming put on a pretense, took Wang Laozhi's hand and said, "Why should the Daoist be so polite? You are a fourth-rank and sixth-character gentleman, and I am only a sixth-rank Shangzhou to know the state. The Taoist chief has a higher official rank than me, so I should visit the Taoist priest." Long is right."

In the Song Dynasty, there were seven ranks and six divisions.

The subdivision is too complicated to explain clearly in a few words.Just remember that those with more than [-] households are Shangzhou, those with more than [-] households are Zhongzhou, and those with less than [-] households are Xiazhou.

Zhu Ming is the magistrate of Shangzhou, and he is the sixth grade.

If he is transferred to work in Jinzhou, even though he is still a magistrate, he will be automatically downgraded to rank six.In this case, they will either be promoted to send salary officials to compensate, or they will be quickly transferred-if they are deliberately suppressed, then there is nothing to say.

Wang Laozhi quickly lowered his posture: "The prefect is the parents of Puzhou, and the poor Taoist is also from Puzhou, so it is right to come to see his parents."

How dare Wang Laozhi show off?
It is true that he is a Mr. Sipin and Six Characters, but so is Zhu Guoxiang, and Zhu Guoxiang is also a co-knowledgeer of Daolu Academy.

Zhu Ming's act of eradicating Huang Tingguan shocked everyone, and Wang Laozhi had to keep his head down and write good words for the novel.

Inviting Wang Laozhi into the room to sit down, Zhu Ming asked: "The Taoist priest came today, why?"

Wang Laozhi cautiously said: "Abbot Huang Tingguan is not a monster, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding. Once the eunuch has an order, the poor Taoist will definitely cooperate fully, and ask the eunuch to release those Taoists."

Zhu Ming said: "I am the magistrate of the prefecture. I was reported to arrest the demon. This is my job. As for the arrest of the demon, how to judge it is a matter for the state court and the Sisi Yuan."

These remarks make sense from the system, but in reality they are pure nonsense.

When Zeng Gong was the magistrate of Qizhou, he also tried his best to fight against the underworld and thieves.There was a bandit named Ge You who was forced to hide in a deep mountain. He couldn't bear the hardships in the mountain, so he voluntarily surrendered to the government.Zeng Gong pardoned the robber with a single sentence, and did not greet the judiciary at all.

This is the prerogative of the local chief, who can bypass the existing system in case of emergency.For example, Zeng Gong's pardon of the robbers is to show his attitude and induce more robbers to surrender.

Wang Laozhi hit a snag when he tried to speak out, so he had to give up the idea of ​​finding people, and continued to probe: "The Autumn Society is approaching, how about Pindao presiding over the sacrifices of the Autumn Society?"

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "It's time to ask the Taoist priest to preside over the sacrifice."

Hearing this, Wang Laozhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Ming would not pursue him fiercely.

The premise is that Wang Laozhi must be good at restraining his disciples and grandchildren!

The next step is to discuss the matter of offering sacrifices, and offering sacrifices to the Spring and Autumn Society is a major event.

Zhu Ming set the rules and said: "The autumn society should be grand, but the sacrifices should be simple. The rest of the details can be decided by the priest himself."

"Pindao understands, and the prefect will be satisfied." Wang Laozhi has completely confessed.

Both the Spring and Autumn Society worship the God of Earth.

One prays for good weather before sowing in spring; the other celebrates a good harvest after harvesting in autumn.

Ju Ming asked for the simplicity of the sacrifice, which means that the whole process should be saved if it can be saved.He also said that it should be held grandly, that is, to make the activities bigger and promote the prosperity of private commerce.

Because when celebrating, temple fairs will be held from state capitals to county towns, and then to rural towns.The common people sell things to increase their income, and those who participate in the amusement can also have a good time.

After sending Wang Laozhi away, Zhu Ming issued official documents to the counties, putting forward his own requirements for this year's autumn society.

When the autumn society is over, he will use the prestige he has established before to order the counties to carry out operations against evil forces.The thieves that cannot be suppressed by the county government can be reported to the state government, and Zhu Ming will personally carry out the elimination.

Suppress the arrogance of the thieves, and it's time to attack the Li family of Puzhou!
This series of actions is advancing layer by layer.Every time he finished a task, Zhu Ming's prestige would increase until the Li family was too scared to resist openly.

If the Li family dares to act recklessly, Zhu Ming also has a way to hold high the banner of enforcing the horse policy and forcibly take back the official pasture occupied by the Li family!

However, although the plan is good, there are always surprises.

Huang Guinian came over with the official document from the criminal prosecution department, and said aggrievedly: "The imperial court will appoint an observation judge again. The case of the Qian family will be handed over to the observation judge for trial."

After reading the official document, Zhu Ming said in a happy mood: "This is a good thing. We only let the case of the Qian family be handed over, but not the case of the Sun family. The state court can completely decide, and the guilty people of the Sun family should be beheaded." Head, you should be exiled!"

"I'm still not happy about letting the Qian family go. I've been involved in several murder cases." Huang Guinian shook his head repeatedly.

Zhu Ming comforted: "There are only these things we can do. After all, the world belongs to those people. The most urgent task is to equalize the tax on Fangtian in the four counties of Puzhou, so as to reduce the burden on the poor people."

Huang Guinian asked, "The prefect has a strategy?"

Ju Ming said confidently: "You can start Fangtian when winter comes, even the Li family has to cooperate honestly."

Zhu Ming was not happy for a few days, and the transfer order came...

At the same time, there was also a letter from Zhu Guoxiang.

After reading the letter, Zhu Ming was very angry.

He did so many things before, all of which were paving the way for Fang Tian to equalize the tax.Seeing that he was getting on the right track step by step, when he was about to roll up his sleeves and work hard, he actually wanted to transfer him away from Puzhou.

This fool!

Zhu Ming kicked the bench over, full of evil fire and had nowhere to vent.

He finally realized the helplessness of an upright official. He clearly wanted to do something, and it was about to be completed.

With such an imperial court, even if Zhu Ming does not rebel and assists the emperor wholeheartedly, he will definitely not be able to turn things around.

Traitors get in the way and can't get things done.

(End of this chapter)