Prime Minister of Great Qin

Ten days later.

During this period of time in Shanfu County, the market entrance has not stopped.

Officials were killed every day, and the homes of powerful men and squires were ransacked every day. The money and food seized from these people's homes was only announced in approximate amounts, which made people feel horrified.

The amount of grain confiscated by the Wuma clan alone amounted to more than a thousand dan, which was almost the "tax land" of more than 200 households in Shanfu County.

Be clear.

Under Qin's laws, the average amount of grain paid by each household was only four stones, four buckets, and five liters, and this was only the grain that was not confiscated. As for other money, cloth, fields, houses, etc., it was seven or eight carriages more. Can't even fit in.

This is just one family.

There are at least a dozen large and powerful families like the Wuma family in Shanfu County.

There are many powerful gentry in various villages who also have strong family backgrounds.

After all this copying, Qin Ting collected more than 10,000 shi of grain from Shanfu County. The total fields in Shanfu County were only forty hectares, one hectare of 100 acres, and one acre of grain yielded 1 stone and 50 yuan. The grain that went up was almost two years of Shanfu County's grain production.

When these confiscations were announced, the whole place was in an uproar.

The scolding of Wu Ma Shu, Li Lin and other officials has not stopped from the beginning. Even though these people have long been dead and exterminated, many people still come outside their old houses to spit on and throw stones, as if they don't care. Doing so will hardly dispel their hatred.

He also strongly supported the Qin court's purge.

Now the money and grain have been loaded onto horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, and are being transported to Aocang.

It was rare to find peace in the city.

Three days ago, Peng Yue also announced to the government that he had nothing to do with the Julu ship-stealing incident. In addition, voluntarily surrendering could reduce the crime and punishment. In the past, he was oppressed by local officials, so Peng Yue was only punished with six months of corvee service. After his service was over, he was Can return to free life.

at the same time.

The law-enforcement activities in the city have not ceased.

Every day, judges would preach the laws of Qin on the earth platform in the city and popularize the law for the people of Shanfu County.

With Wu Ma Shu and others in front of them, the effect of this popularization of the law is also remarkable. It has changed the dissatisfaction of the people in Shanfu County towards the Qin court and the complaints about the Qin government in the past. This has also created a lot of good impressions, especially among Meng Meng. After Yi arrived, he invisibly reduced many local "exorbitant taxes", which attracted praise from the people of Shanfu County.

But none of these things were done by Meng Yi himself.

He just ordered.

After all the officials and soldiers recruited from nearby counties had arrived, Meng Yi resolutely carried out a large-scale cleanup of Dangjun. Nearly half of the 21 counties in Dangjun were investigated and thousands of officials were imprisoned. , the imperial court confiscated the homes of officials and powerful people, amounting to thousands of households, the confiscated fields accounted for nearly 60% of Dang County, and the amount of money and food was as high as hundreds of thousands of dan.

For a while.

The officials of Dang County were in dire straits, and all the officials were in panic.

He was afraid that the court would find out about him and put his whole family in jail.

And this naturally attracted people's applause.

Applauded again and again.

Meng Yi also got the name of "Iron-faced Judge".

However, Meng Yi's order was indeed very straightforward and merciless, and he did not tolerate any sand.

Those who break the law must be prosecuted and law enforcement must be strict.

However, under Meng Yi's drastic rectification, a very difficult problem also appeared in Dang County.

There is a shortage of officials.

Even though the imperial court has transferred manpower from surrounding counties and counties.

But Meng Yi was too cruel.

Too many officials were dealt with at once, resulting in a power vacuum in Dang County. Many official positions were vacant. No one could replace them, and no suitable candidates were found. Many officials who were transferred had to take on multiple positions. Such high intensity Under the continuous rotation, most people's bodies are gradually unable to bear it.

After the intense interrogation, many officials have become dissatisfied and conflicted.

now.

The county government of Shanfu County.

Many officials gathered together.

Wu Guang cupped his hands and said: "Inspection, this Dang County can no longer be so arrogant. There are now twenty-one counties in Dang County, eleven of which are under strict control, and many officials have been arrested in the remaining ten counties." , in my opinion, let’s stop here.”

"There is a serious shortage of local officials now."

"Although we have the intention, we are really powerless."

"In the past ten days, each of us has been wearing multiple hats and dealing with political affairs day and night. We are really tired. Now we are really unable to hold on anymore. Please forgive me and ask the inspector to ask the court for orders to send more people. Manpower is here, otherwise I might not be able to handle so many political affairs just by relying on me."

Wu Guang looked tired.

The high-spiritedness before was long gone.

It's so tiring.

He is still young and can support himself.

Old people like Liu Ji were so tired during this period that they couldn't even open their eyes.

I didn't even come to this meeting, just to refresh myself.

Meng Yi's eyes were still on Qin Lu.

It seemed that he didn't care at all about Wu Guang and others' requests.

See this.

Lu Ze was also a little anxious.

He said anxiously: "Inspection, the subordinates know that the inspection is dedicated to upholding the law, and they also want to find out those who have violated the law in Dang County, but they cannot support it with just a hundred people transferred from various counties. With the huge political affairs, the subordinates have to take on many positions, and they are already very reluctant. If we continue to clean up the remaining counties in Dang County, I am afraid that the subordinates will not be able to hold on at all."

"Inspector, please think twice."

"Inspector, please think twice."

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All the officials in the hall shouted in unison.

They are really tired.

Even cattle and horses cannot be used like this.

There was no rest.

Meng Yi raised his head indifferently, and calmly scanned the faces of everyone present. He indeed saw the deep weariness and exhaustion. He said in a deep voice: "The affairs of Suzheng Dang County will not stop, but your needs , I already know, and I will report it to the court."

"Meng Yi also knows how tired you are."

"However, the laws and regulations of the Qin Dynasty are strict and cannot be changed easily."

"So I ask you to work hard for a while longer."

"However, I will slow down the remaining ten counties in Dang County at my discretion and wait for the officials sent by the imperial court to arrive before conducting a strict investigation. As for your merits, I have ordered someone to register them. When the incident in Dang County calms down in the future, I will Report it to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I, Meng Yi, will definitely personally ask for credit for you."

Meng Yi's voice was cold.

But with an unmistakable touch of indifference.

Hear the words.

Lu Ze, Wu Guang and others looked at each other and could only nod helplessly.

During this period of time, they have deeply realized that Meng Yi is upright and upright. Everything is based on laws and orders. Meng Yi will not allow anything that goes beyond the laws and orders, and will not show mercy. His unselfishness is so unselfish that it makes people feel scared.

Especially since someone previously suggested privately that the ‘no-stay policy’ could be implemented less strictly in Dang County.

As a result, he was scolded by Meng Yi.

It even directly lists the contents of "Shang Jun Shu".

Those who rule by day are kings; those who rule by night are strong; those who rule by night are weakened.

Without long-term governance, evil officials will not be able to serve their own interests and benefit the people. But the sentiments of the officials are irrelevant.

Precisely because Meng Yi was so ruthless and even a little inhumane, many officials complained privately.

even so.

Meng Yi still goes his own way.

Unmoved.     It's just that Meng Yi's answer was too official.

When the imperial court sends someone, I don’t know when it will be or how long it will be.

If they continue to deal with political affairs with such intensity, they can no longer imagine how tired they will be.

At this time.

Meng Yi continued: "Wu Guang, later go to the city market and post notices to tell the local people that the fields confiscated by the court will not be distributed, but will be taken as state-owned. In the future, they can obtain the farming rights of the fields from the county government. , just pay the land rent to the court every year according to the law."

"Fields rented for local people are no longer included in the 'Yutian' category, and they no longer enjoy the special exception of not paying rent."

"Everything is taxed according to self-cultivated land."

Hear the words.

Everyone's eyes moved slightly.

During this time, many people are actually asking what to do with these fields.

If all were collected as Yutian.

That is Guan Tian.

If the government directly manages it and the grain from the autumn harvest is directly collected into the state treasury, I am afraid that many people in Shanfu County will not be able to survive. After all, although there was no land in the past, at least there was a way to become a servant farmer. If it were directly acquired as a public farm, That would directly cut off the livelihood of many people.

Now that Meng Yi opened his mouth, he gave an explanation.

It's just that the method Meng Yi gave seems to be contrary to the previously issued land order, and returns to the old land system of Da Qin.

The land is state-owned, and the people only have the right to cultivate it, but not the right to own it.

Is it really possible to do this?

They have doubts.

This is a blatant violation of Tian's order.

Wu Guang tentatively said: "Inspection, Da Qin's current land order does not seem to be like this. If the inspection announced it like this, the court would blame it. I'm afraid we can't afford it."

Meng Yi rolled his sleeves and said, "It doesn't matter, I will explain the situation myself."

"And when I came to Dang County, I had already asked His Majesty for your permission to allow me to do things easily in Dang County."

"You can just announce this matter."

"It's all on me."

"Promise." Wu Guang and others quickly agreed.

They now understand that Meng Yi may have come with a purpose. Judging from the stolen money and goods collected in Shanfu County, it was indeed very inappropriate for Da Qin to change the land order at that time. Not only did it not alleviate the people's The embarrassing situation of being landless has intensified land annexation.

This seems to be correcting the chaos.

It’s just that Guandong and Guanzhong are different after all.

The land here has been privately owned for hundreds of years and is deeply rooted. It is not easy to shake the old land system. It can also easily cause dissatisfaction and panic in other places. If something goes wrong by then, I'm afraid Meng Yi won't be able to bear it.

However, since Meng Yi had spoken, they did not dare to refuse.

What's more, most of them were victims of the old landholding system in the past, and now that the court has taken notice, it can be considered a good thing.

Later, Meng Yi announced something else.

Then he asked Wu Guang and others to retreat.

As the acting county magistrate, he handles more political affairs every day, and he is also on patrol, so he has to be responsible for more matters throughout the day. If it is really tiring, he is actually the most tiring, but Meng Yi does not dare to have the slightest hesitation. slack off.

He is very clear.

The task on my shoulders is very heavy.

Next, there is a lot to deal with.

Now that the deadline of January is approaching, the imperial court will start to investigate the entire Kanto region and investigate the officials in charge of the 'economy'. By then, I am afraid that the world will be even more turbulent. Although he does not understand why Fusu is so eager, Even a little impatient, but as a minister, I can only act according to orders.

The only thing he is looking forward to now is that Fusu can handle the follow-up.

Otherwise, if Tian Ling is disturbed and economic power is interfered with, there will really be trouble in Kanto.

Even chaos.

Although he brought four thousand soldiers with him.

But if it were extended to Kanto, it would be nothing at all.

It can't be suppressed at all.

A hint of sadness appeared on Meng Yi's brow.

He shook his head.

He doesn't think much about this. His top priority now is to handle political affairs well.

He took a sip of strong tea to cheer up and once again devoted himself to daily political affairs.

Meng Yi's treatment of Dangjun in Shanfu County.

Soon it spread all over the world.

It caused an uproar in the world.

The local people were applauded when they heard about it, and many even hoped that Meng Yi would come to their counties. When the local officials heard about it, they couldn't help but change their expressions. As for the local powerful and nobles, they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard Meng Yi's ruthless determination. Take a breath of cool air.

It's so cold-blooded.

The entire Dang County government was almost uprooted.

Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, nearly a thousand people were killed, and an unknown amount of land, money and grain were confiscated.

Everyone was afraid of Meng Yi.

The Iron-faced Judge lives up to his name.

Koto.

Zhang Liang was sitting on a small boat, going down the river. He held a letter in his hand. After reading the content, he couldn't help but sigh: "Iron-faced judge? This Meng Yi is really a good chess piece. He was originally a law official." , and surrounded by his brother's halo, he is destined to be ruthless, but now this drastic move has frightened the world, and almost everything that Wei Jiu, me, and others did in Dang County has been resolved."

"The impact is minimal."

"only."

"After killing so many people and arresting so many officials, how will Qin Ting make up for it?"

"Even if Meng Yi can make people less worried, but where should Qin Ting make up for the lack of so many officials?"

Zhang Liang frowned.

But he didn't think too much about it.

He knew that since Qin Ting dared to do this and dare to be so crazy, there must be consequences. Everything he did in Wei had actually helped Qin Ting, and now he would not interfere in the slightest, nor would he pay too much attention to it. He just needs to do what he wants to do according to his own ideas.

When the time comes, I can look back and sort everything out.

Time passes day by day.

Within the one-month period issued by Meng Yi.

Counties and counties in various places have sent relevant officials to nearby counties to supervise the storage of salt and iron. Following Dang County's experience, not many counties dare to take the lead again, and not many people dare to do evil.

after all

Meng Yi really has no worries.

Forbearance a moment, calm, take a step back, a brighter future.

They don't want to sacrifice themselves to help other counties, especially if this sacrifice may involve the sacrifice of a lot of people, how can they be willing to do so.

After the great purge of Dang County, Da Qin's decree was finally implemented efficiently.

With nothing happening in Kanto, the world has entered a rare period of peace.

However, when Guandong fell into peace, an order was being sent from Xianyang to Beiyuan day and night, and to the Great Wall Army.

After Su Jiao and others took care of it, it spread to all major military camps.

Since then.

Transferred to the military! (End of chapter)