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Chapter 148 0145 [So ruthless Han Zhen! 】

Han Zhen is a traitor, Xie Ding already knew this.

From Zhuo Ben's scolding that day, Han Zhen and others became murderous, it can be seen that this person is not a kind person, and he regards the court's laws as nothing.

But Xie Ding was not worried.

It's because although Zhao Ting and Chang Yukun are greedy for money, they are not stupid.

Especially Zhao Ting, when he was working in Hangzhou, after Fang La's rebellion, he should be extremely vigilant against rebellion.

The reason why Han Zhen can be shielded may be that these people have reached some kind of agreement.

Xie Ding didn't know the details, but it was nothing more than recruiting security.

Because of the existence of the Zhao'an Law, the officials in the Song Dynasty did not fear the tigers and wolves as they did in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but rather ambiguous.

It can't be said that one moment they were still fighting and killing, and the next moment they were officials in the same dynasty.

What surprised him was Liu Kai's change.

In just one month, Liu Qi has changed from a loyal and patriotic boy to a small traitor.

To be able to say in front of his face that Han Zhen took over the world.

How could Xie Ding not be surprised.

Suppressing the horror in his heart, Xie Ding said seriously: "Zhu'er, how could you have such an idea. Your father is an important minister in the court, eats the king's salary, and is loyal to the king. As a son of man, how can you do such inhumane things?" disciples."

Liu Kai simply broke the pot and said what was in his heart: "I just think that the Song Dynasty is rotten now, the officials are stupid, the court is controlled by treacherous officials, corrupt officials are rampant in the local area, and the people are struggling to live. Uncle is already a Good officials, but even so, the people of Qiancheng County are still in dire straits. How miserable should the people under the rule of corrupt officials be?"

"Uncle often said that Zhuo Ben is a corrupt Confucian, but uncle knows that the officials are stupid and harming the people of the world, but he is stupid and loyal, isn't it different from Zhuo Ben?"

boom!
These words were like Hong Zhong Da Lu, shocking Xie Ding's brain buzzing, unable to calm down for a long time.

Yes!

He claims to be clean, strict with self-denial, and diligent, but as Liu Kai said, the people of Qiancheng County are still in dire straits.

This is the case under the rule of upright officials, how miserable the people under the rule of corrupt officials will be.

He laughed at Zhuo Ben's stupidity, he was just a rotten scholar who was stupid in reading, but in the eyes of his nephew, he was just average.

For a moment, Xie Ding felt ashamed and ashamed.

I wanted to take the opportunity to educate my nephew, but I never thought that my nephew would be taken into the army.

After a while, he smiled wryly: "Are these taught by Han Zhen?"

"I thought of it myself."

Liu Kai shook his head.

"You went out for a walk this time, and you really gained a lot of insight."

Xie Ding sighed, then slowly stood up, and walked back to the inner room lonely.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Liu Qi washed up and went back to his room.

After all, Qiancheng County is a small county, and there are not many entertainment activities at night.

In fact, not only Qiancheng County, but looking at the whole world, except for Tokyo City, it is the same at night.

Back in the room, Liu Qi was not used to it.

At this time in the past, I should be taking night classes.

He was actually literate, and the reason why he went to night classes was simply because he liked the atmosphere.

It is also a pleasure to watch Nie Dong and others make a fool of themselves.

Lying on the bed with his clothes on, Liu Kai put his hands behind his head, stared blankly at the ceiling above, and began to think wildly in his mind.

Is it possible that you really want to study for the imperial examination in the future?
But even if he became an official through the imperial examination, so what, the golden man will go south in a few years...

The more Liu Kai thought about it, the more irritable he became, he turned over and came to the desk, lit the oil lamp, took out a pen and paper and started playing games.

There are not many pastimes in the army, so Han Zhen came up with a game.

The craftsman Xun made several large sand tables. On the sand tables are three-dimensional maps of the states on Jingdong East Road. The mountains, rivers, cities and villages are all clearly standardized.

Play against each other in pairs, arrange troops against each other, and simulate wars in various situations.

Gambling is not allowed in the army, but when playing this kind of game, the two sides bet some money as a prize, Han Zhen will not bother, as long as the bet is not too big.

Liu Qi likes this game the most and never tires of playing it.

It's just that there is no sand table right now, so he can only draw a simple map on paper from memory, and entertain himself alone.

……

Xie Ding was holding a book in his hand, and sat quietly at the desk, staring at the light of the oil lamp in a daze.

He has held this position for a long time.

What Liu Kai said today had a great impact on him, so that he was uneasy.

I look down on Zhuoben on weekdays, but I never thought that I am also Zhuoben.

How ridiculous!

At this time, the voice of the old servant rang in my ears: "Ah Lang, it's getting late, it's time to rest."

Hearing this, Xie Ding came back to his senses and asked, "When is it?"

The old servant replied: "It's almost Haishi."

"It's so late?"

Xie Ding was surprised, he only felt that he had only sat for a while.

Putting down the scroll in his hand, he asked, "Is Zhu'er asleep?"

The old servant said truthfully: "There is still a light in the small yamen room."

"Go and rest."

Xie Ding waved his hand, and after sending the old servant to rest, he walked towards the opposite wing.

Knocking on the door lightly, he said, "Zhu'er, are you still asleep?"

"uncle?"

Liu Kai's surprised voice came from inside the room.

Soon, the door opened from the inside.

Xie Ding walked in, glanced at the ink-stained paper on the desk, and asked curiously, "Zhu'er is practicing calligraphy?"

Liu Kai scratched his head, and said with a little embarrassment: "No...it's not practicing calligraphy, it's a small game in the army."

"game?"

Xie Ding raised his eyebrows, and said meaningfully: "I'm afraid it was Han Zhen who taught you again?"

Liu Qi went out this time, and the changes were so great that he was secretly surprised.

"Yes."

Liu Kai nodded with a smirk, then changed the subject and said, "Why is uncle so late and still hasn't rested?"

Xie Ding joked: "In the eyes of my nephew, I am actually another Zhuo Ben, how can I sleep with this?"

"I was blinded by the lard for a while, and talked nonsense, uncle, don't take it to heart." Liu Qi hurriedly apologized.

"What you said is true. In the eyes of the people in Qiancheng County, I am no different from Na Zhuoben." Xie Ding laughed at himself, and sat down at the desk.

Liu Kai retorted: "How can it be the same? Uncle has the talent to manage the world, but he has nowhere to display it."

Xie Ding sighed slightly, and then asked: "You said earlier that the people in Linzi County live and work in peace and contentment, and the subordinate officials are clear and diligent?"

Liu Kai nodded and replied: "It is true, but my nephew saw it with his own eyes."

"Tell me more about it."

Xie Ding gave an order and sat there in a leisurely manner.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Kai slowly told what he had seen and heard in Linzi County.

"The county magistrate doesn't restrict me. Although I stay in the barracks most of the time, I can go out at will when I'm resting. I often chat with the big soldiers in the army. I can't do anything fake. Linzi County implements light corvee and low tax. People only collect [-]% land tax in summer and autumn, and there is no other tax other than that. They also encourage land reclamation, and the land gained by farmers is exempt from tax for three years. Due to the severe drought in summer, Changzhi County is building water conservancy projects, digging canals, and harvesting corn in late autumn. If production is reduced, the autumn tax will be exempted at that time.”

"In addition, the county magistrate also opened factories in various villages. Even the most ordinary workers have a monthly salary of [-] cash. A family of five, the man works and the woman plows the fields. Not only can they meet food and clothing, but they can also have a few pennies left over in a year. .”

Hearing this, Xie Ding frowned and said, "How many mu of land can be cultivated by one woman alone?"

Liu Kai explained: "The county magistrate puts cattle, horses and donkeys and other livestock in every village. Farmers only need to pay some fodder and silage to rent cattle and horses to plow the fields."

"This is a great move!"

Xie Ding nodded approvingly.

Liu Kai continued: "As for the county government's recruitment of corvees, they also take care of food and housing, and pay back wages. Therefore, the people in the county no longer reject corvees. Instead, every time they are recruited, the people are scrambling to be the first. The commercial tax is implemented. First, it seems very high, but because the subordinates are clear, there will be no problems such as double taxation, and the actual tax paid by the merchants is several times less than before."

hiss!
Hearing this, Xie Ding couldn't help taking a breath, and said in surprise: "Chang Yukun actually has such a means to train the subordinates here?"

How could he not know the virtues of subordinate officials.

All of them are deceitful, treacherous and cunning people.

When he first came to Qiancheng County, he also dealt with subordinate officials, but only for a few days.

After a few days, those subordinate officials returned to their original state.

The most important thing is to rectify the subordinate staff, as for other light corvee and thin taxes, they are all secondary.

Because any policy is ultimately implemented by the subordinate staff, and they are the ones who have direct contact with the people.

As a county magistrate, it is impossible to keep an eye on the subordinate staff all the time.

Therefore, if the subordinate staff are not rectified, no matter how good the policy is, it will be useless.

"About the subordinate officials, I specifically asked the officials in the county government. It is said that the county magistrate and the county magistrate have increased the salaries of the subordinate officials. Even the subordinate officials have a lot of money every month, which is enough to support the whole family. At the same time , What kind of elimination system has been created, if the subordinate staff has poor ratings for several months in a row, they will be dismissed, and the subordinate staff with the best performance can participate in the lock hall test, and once they pass, they can become officials!"

Liu Qi said that he was a little thirsty, so he took a big gulp of the tea on the desk.

"Promotion?"

Xie Ding exclaimed.

After he came back to his senses, he suddenly said: "So it is, so it is. Chang Yukun is indeed talented, I underestimated him."

All the crux of the subordinate staff is because the upward channel is blocked.

No matter how you do it, whether you do it well or not, you will be a subordinate staff all your life, and even your children and grandchildren will also be subordinate staff.

If you can't be an official, you can't do business.

Chang Yukun opened up the promotion channel for this group of subordinate officials, and increased their salaries, so that the subordinate officials can support their families only with their salaries.

Supplemented by strict regulations, it will naturally sweep away the cunning and laxity of subordinate officials.

Thinking of this, Xie Ding couldn't restrain a feeling of envy in his heart.

As the magistrate of the same county, he asked himself that his ability was not inferior to that of Chang Yukun, but now Chang Yukun can make drastic reforms and show his ambitions.

But he was constrained everywhere, as if he was stuck in a quagmire, he could only watch the people live in dire straits.

Suddenly, Xie Ding realized something was wrong, and said in shock: "No, he, Chang Yukun, is a magistrate, how can he get the subordinates promoted? Even Zhao Ting, the magistrate, cannot afford this responsibility."

It is not a trivial matter for a subordinate official to be promoted to an official position. Even if the official makes an order in person, he is afraid that he will be besieged by the courtiers.

This is fighting for jobs with scholars!

Seeing Liu Kai's eyes dodge, Xie Ding immediately scolded: "You bastard, you still haven't told the truth in front of me."

In desperation, Liu Kai had no choice but to say: "It's an order from the county magistrate."

"hiss!"

Xie Ding took a deep breath and said in horror: "Linzi County is already in Han Zhen's pocket?"

Liu Kai hurriedly persuaded: "Please keep this matter a secret, uncle, otherwise I will become a double-faced villain."

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

After Xie Ding finished speaking, he frowned and said: "Chang Yukun, is this guy crazy? Let the court order him not to be an official, and he turned himself into a thief."

With his uncle's assurance, Liu Kai was immediately relieved, and said freely: "I don't know about it, anyway, Changzhi County is very happy, running around the villages and fields every day, or inspecting the rivers and canals for reclamation, and the whole person is as tanned as an old farmer. generally."

"The people in the county were very moved, and they planned to send Wanmin Umbrellas to him as a token of gratitude when he left office."

"Could it be that I misunderstood him, Chang Yukun is not a money-grubbing villain, but a sincere person who wholeheartedly serves the people?" Xie Ding's eyes flashed a trace of bewilderment.

How did he know that Han Zhen used millions of dollars to pave the way for Changzhi County.

Having no worries and being able to show off his ambitions can be said to be gaining both fame and fortune, and Changzhi County will show such diligence.

Xie Ding asked again: "Do the people in the county know that Han Zhen is a traitor?"

"Uncle doesn't know something. Now everyone in Linzi County knows that the county magistrate is a traitor, but no one is alarmed. On the contrary, they respect the county magistrate. Some time ago, thousands of people came here spontaneously for the conscription. See you for the first time."

Liu Kai grew up in the frontier army since he was a child, how could he not know the impression of the common people on the soldiers.

Fear them like tigers and wolves, lest they can't be avoided.

Every time the frontier army recruits soldiers, except for those who really can't survive, there are not many good families who take the initiative to apply.

Therefore, the frontier troops are all forced to recruit, and they adopt the method of drawing one out of ten or one out of eight.

That is, for every ten strong men, one will be drawn into the army.

Like Linzi County, thousands of people spontaneously applied for just posting a notice. Liu Qi never heard of it, let alone met.

"In this way, I misread Han Zhen. This person is indeed very different from ordinary rebels. He understands the principle of people for water, and manages Linzi County's government in harmony with people. All businesses are prosperous, and he looks peaceful."

Xie Ding praised a few words at first, then changed his tone, and said regretfully: "But unfortunately, Han Zhen is destined to be unable to turn the tide. Once the Western Army arrives, I am afraid that there will be no chance of recruiting security and surrendering."

Liu Qi's careful thinking, how could he not see it.

I said so much on purpose, isn't it just to win him over to join Han Zhen?

"..."

Liu Kai looked weird, he hesitated to speak.

Seeing his small movements, Xie Ding frowned slightly and hummed lightly.

Seeing this, Liu Kai said hesitantly: "Uncle, I don't think the Western Army is his opponent!"

Xie Ding was immediately delighted: "The western army has been guarding the border for many years, and they are all experienced warriors. How many troops can Han Zhen have? It's only a few thousand people. You know that when Fangla in the south was at its peak, there were 50 soldiers. As a result, as soon as the Western Army arrived, it was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, destroying all the way and putting down the rebellion."

Speaking of this, Liu Qi got excited, and sneered with disdain on his face: "The number of 50 is just a group of mobs. How can it be compared with our Qingzhou Army."

Hey!
This evil animal really thinks of himself as Han Zhen's person?
Xie Ding smiled angrily: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it, what can your Qingzhou army do?"

"Sweeping the world may be unknown, but it is easy to take Shandong."

Liu Kai said in high spirits: "Today's Western Army, nine out of ten are recruits, and their combat power has long been incomparable. Although our Qingzhou Army is still short, each of them is a carefully selected elite. Working hard, the provision of three meals a day is several times that of the Western Army, and there is meat every now and then to replenish the blood. Not to mention, there are..."

At the end, Liu Qifan came to his senses and stopped in time, not daring to reveal the secret of the firearm.

Xie Ding pretended to be angry and said: "What else, why don't you continue talking?"

Liu Kai gritted his teeth and said, "This...uncle, it's not that I'm unreasonable, but that I really can't say it."

At this moment, Xie Ding had a storm in his heart.

Although this nephew of my family doesn't like the Four Books and Five Classics, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he is quite talented in battle formation. In addition, he grew up in the army since he was a child, so he has extraordinary knowledge.

Never aimlessly.

He originally thought that Han Zhen was just a small fish in the shoal, and when the dark clouds cleared and the sun was fierce, he would die in a short time.

I never thought that it was a dormant dragon!
Thinking of this, Xie Ding said with a serious face: "You said that Han Zhen took Shandong easily, is this really true?"

"really!"

Liu Kai nodded.

Xie Ding looked solemnly, and asked again: "Can the Western Army win?"

Recalling the power of firearms in his mind, Liu Kai shook his head: "The odds of winning are less than [-]%, and the [-]% is due to the fact that the leaders are Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others."

The divine power of firearms cannot be countered by manpower.

Xie Ding fell into silence, his eyes flickering.

Seeing this scene, Liu Kai rolled his eyes, imitating what Han Zhen said to fool him earlier, and persuaded: "Uncle, you are called a traitor if you fail, and you are an official if you succeed. If Emperor Taizu didn't succeed at the beginning, Aren’t they also anti-thieves?”

Xie Ding is not him, this kind of sophistry can be seen through without thinking, and he scolded: "You evil animal, how dare you use such ghostly talk skills to deceive me. How can rebellion be so easy to create? Now Taiping For more than a hundred years, the orthodoxy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Besides, do you think that Emperor Taizu's original statement of "sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats" was a lie?"

"What does rebellion have to do with that?"

Liu Kai looked blank.

"Ugh!"

Xie Ding sighed, and explained earnestly: "Don't think this is empty talk, it contains great wisdom. Share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and tie all the literati in the world to Zhao Song's chariot. , the preferential treatment and status of scholars are there, so no matter who rebels, they will not be recognized by scholars."

"Warriors conquered the world, but in the end, literati are still needed to govern. Do you understand now?"

Liu Kai retorted subconsciously: "Why do you want to be a scholar? The same is true for subordinate officials!"

boom!
Another thunderstorm exploded in Xie Ding's mind.

The impact of this sentence was greater than before, making him feel as if he had been struck by lightning.

After a while, Xie Ding murmured to himself: "Yes, yes. So it is so, so it is!"

"Uncle, are you okay?"

Xie Ding's appearance made Liu Kai a little panicked.

Xie Ding ignored him, and still said to himself: "What a way to get rid of the bottom line, what a ruthless Han Zhen!"

"Why is the county magistrate so cruel?" Liu Kai was at a loss when he heard that.

He is good at military affairs, but when it comes to this aspect, he is blind.

At this time, Xie Ding had recovered, and asked with a complicated expression: "Just now you said that it was Han Zhen who ordered the subordinates to be officials?"

"Yes!"

Liu Kai nodded.

Xie Ding asked again: "Zhu'er, do you think subordinates can be officials?"

Liu Kai pondered for a moment, and replied: "Of course, the subordinate officials are very familiar with everything in the yamen, but there are many officials who don't even recognize the people in the yamen."

Xie Ding let out a wry laugh, and said quietly: "Zhao Song shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, so the rebels will never get the support of the literati. Han Zhen knew this a long time ago, so he found another way to start with the subordinate staff. If he really rebelled Now, what does it matter if the literati support it or not? There are hundreds of thousands of subordinate officials in the world, so why worry about no one being an official."

"I'm afraid that if he raises his arms at that time, the subordinate officials in all states and counties will take the initiative to kill officials and welcome him into the city."

With just one move, he won the hearts of the subordinate officials all over the world.

Zhao Song shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and Han Zhen shared the world with the subordinate officials!
Officials can't do without subordinate staff, but without officials, subordinate staff can still make the yamen run normally.

At that time, what kind of situation will the literati be in?
Thinking of this scene, Xie Ding only felt cold hands and feet.

(End of this chapter)