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Chapter 158 Give You a Step Down

After the counting of soldiers, in the name of the governors of the three sides, he rewarded the soldiers of Guyuan Town with a thousand roasted whole sheep.

Then Zhao's staff hosted a banquet on behalf of the governor, the remaining generals of Guyuan Town.

It can also be regarded as a statement from the governor. The matter of the deployment of troops has been exposed, and the governor's office will not pursue it any further.

Halfway through the banquet, these generals finally couldn't bear it, and began to instigate the commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town to ask him about Juntian.

Today the governor killed more than [-] frontier generals, the largest of which joined the army, and the youngest were all hundreds of households.These people were the ones who danced the most after the governor ordered them to return the occupied military fields.

None of the frontier generals in Guyuan Town did not occupy the military fields. Now that the governor ordered them to return, they were naturally unwilling in every possible way, but after today's departure, these people did not dare to disobey the governor's order again.

He wanted the chief soldier to ask Zhao's staff to see if there was any room for redemption.Even if you retreat a little less, that's fine!Or everyone can make a big contribution to the governor, and let the governor let this matter go!
Naturally, the chief soldier also occupied the army field, and he didn't want to clear the army field, so he asked Zhao's staff under the guise of drunkenness:
"Brother Huifu, you have been in the border area for quite a long time! You must know the situation in Qiangjun Town here, and now the Taiwan government wants to investigate the military land. Didn't Brother Huifu persuade you? This investigation Looks like it offended a lot of people!"

In fact, Zhao's staff has been waiting for them to ask about farming.

"What are you persuading? You are persuading Zhitai not to investigate the military land? You have seen the fate of those people today. Besides, Zhitai is afraid of offending people. Zhitai is the governor of the three sides appointed by the emperor. Why did the emperor order it at this time? My master is the governor of the three sides? The purpose is to reform, the frontier army abuses the government, checks the military land, and reduces the burden on the court. Don’t think about it. Return the military land quickly, otherwise the Taiwan lords will find you, then it’s not right It's about returning the army field."

Having said all this, the Guyuan General Soldier still did not give up.

"If we don't want to return the military farmland, we also have difficulties! The court owes us wages every now and then, so we can live on a few acres of fertile farmland!"

The surrounding generals and thousands of households also followed suit.

"That's right! Liaodong was fighting, and it was us who suffered the most. The cabinet has money and is tight on Liaodong. We are all raised by stepmothers!"

Seeing these people talking more and more vigorously, Zhao's staff said coldly:

"What do you mean that you are in trouble? Let's just say that you are in arrears of wages. Today, you have been paid all the bills. You will not be owed any more in the future. It's that you are eating nothing. They were all chopped off."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the generals present, and all the generals did not dare to look at Zhao's staff, and all lowered their heads.

Guyuan General Soldier hurry up to smooth things over

Brother Huifu, I misunderstood, I misunderstood, I just wanted to ask, is there any other way, now Taiwan has regained the Hetao, it must not be short of this amount of land, I waited for generations to defend the country for no credit but hard work !
I also forgot Brother Huifu, for giving me a few kind words in front of the platform, I will definitely thank you very much.

In fact, Zhang Zongxian knew that if the military land should be taken back and redistributed to those military households, he was afraid that it would affect the plan to reclaim the Hetao. The gentry and generals took the opportunity to make troubles and delayed the farming season.

Zhang Zongxian's purpose is food. It doesn't matter who owns the land. What matters is whether he can receive taxes. Banqueting these border generals is also a step down for them.

Zhao's staff saw that the fire was almost ready, so he spoke out the plan that the governor had given him.

"It's not that you have thought about the difficulty of making Taiwan. However, the platform is under the emperor's order. This means that the maladministration of the nine sides must be eradicated. Therefore, the platform has also given you a way to get the best of both worlds, that is, you buy these. Juntian, Taiwan will issue title deeds to you, and these lands will completely belong to you from now on, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds.”

The general of Guyuan town didn't know how to answer for a while after listening.After a while of silence, one of Qianhu opened his mouth and said:

"How can I have so much money to buy fields!"

The others immediately realized that they also began to cry poorly.

Staff Zhao first signaled them to shut up, and then continued:

"If you don't have money, you can borrow money from Taiping. You can get a discount on the interest rate when you report my name, and you can also use food to repay it. Besides, you don't need to buy these military platforms at the market price, you only need to pay half the price. If you buy it with grain, you can get another [-]% off.”

After hearing this, the border generals of Guyuan Town cursed secretly in their hearts, Zhang Zongxian was shameless, and said that the new governor was the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, who was as rich as an enemy, never greedy for money, and never let his subordinates honor him. Come on, the point of corruption is comparable to that, selling land and lending money to make money.

Seeing that these generals did not speak, Zhao's staff threatened again:
"Everyone, the stage has been made for you to step down. This month will come as soon as you talk about it. That Shangfang sword can kill even the commander-in-chief,"

After speaking, he took a look at Guyuan General Soldier, who was also frightened by Zhao's staff, and everyone lost the mood to continue drinking, and they dispersed after perfunctory each other for a while.

Soon the whole of the three sides knew that if they didn't want to return these military fields, they could buy them at half price.Of course, it’s not enough to buy it, and you will have to pay taxes in the future. Taxes are a part of harvesting grain.
Taiping also launched related loans at the right time. If you have a famous post from Zhao's staff, you can enjoy preferential interest rates.

After completing the counting of troops in Guyuan Town, Zhang Zongxian took the governor's personal soldiers to Gansu Town to count troops.

Knowing that Guyuan Town will encounter Gansu Town, they did not coerce the people to make up for it like in the past when counting troops, but honestly led the existing soldiers to accept the count.

On the banks of the Yellow River outside Lanzhou City, the assembled soldiers and horses of Gansu Town are waiting for the governor to order troops.

The border generals in Gansu Town originally thought that if the people were not coerced this time, the governor would have no excuses and would not kill people.

However, Zhang Zongxian wanted to kill people. For these frontier generals, he had to kill chickens and monkeys. If he killed a few, he would not violate Zhang Zongxian's orders.

After beheading the side generals who drank the most blood, the official counting of soldiers began. Like in Guyuan, they first had a medical examination, registered their hometowns, then screened out the old and weak, and finally issued military pay.

After the final count, there were only more than 5000 combatable soldiers in Gansu Town. Originally, there should have been [-] soldiers in Gansu Town.

In the evening, Staff Zhao also came out to entertain the border generals of Gansu Town, and at the dinner table, he told the border generals of Gansu Town about the land purchase.

Just like in Guyuan, tell these generals that the governor, who holds Shangfang's sword, will kill them like chickens.

(End of this chapter)