Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 156 The Spirit of Ownership

"The possibility is very small!" Zhang Yifan frowned, shook his head, and said pessimistically.

After answering, he took the initiative and said to Qi Xiang: "It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. After we go back, we will discuss the next countermeasures!"

"Yes, Prince Consort!" Qi Xiang nodded with a stern expression after hearing this.

Later on the road, Zhang Yifan was thinking about what to do next while galloping on his horse.

There are more than 2000 pirates, which is definitely a great pressure for Xiangshan County.

By the time he arrived at Xiangshan County, Zhang Yifan had straightened out his thoughts and immediately summoned all the county officials to discuss the matter.

This is the second meeting of all officials of Xiangshan County County Government. The first time was when it was newly established.At other times, all officials are very busy, so busy that they are overwhelmed with work.

The county government officials who received the notice were all surprised. They didn't know what had happened and rushed to the county government lobby one after another.

Soon, the county government hall was filled with people again.

After all the people were present, Zhang San, the classic historian, went to Houya to invite the county magistrate to come out.

What the county officials did not expect was that Qi Xiang, from a thousand households in Xiangshan County, would appear with the county magistrate, along with hundreds of households from each office.

Looking at this posture, something big is definitely going on!
As they were thinking uneasily, sure enough, after the county magistrate Prince Consort sat down, he straight to the point said to them: "Some people don't want our Xiangshan County to implement the system of allocating grain fields to the public, and want us to go back to the past. Do you agree?" ?”

These people in the county government were all newly elected after Ma Ruhai's gang was arrested.Basically, they all belong to people who originally had no grain fields, or some poor fields.

The prosperous days in front of us are going by with great expectations. Who wants to go back to the past?
Therefore, after hearing what the Prince Consort said, almost everyone looked at each other and felt a little at a loss for a moment: What's going on?
After a while, someone came to his senses first and answered directly from below: "No, why do you want to go back to the past?"

Someone spoke, and others followed suit.

"Yes, we are doing well on our own, why should we go back to the past?"

"Who wouldn't be happy these days? Aren't everyone happy?"

"Yes, every family has been assigned a field, and they no longer have to go hungry. I haven't seen anyone say they are unhappy."

"Prince-in-law, tell me who is not happy, let's go find him!"

"That's right, everyone is assigned to the fields, if you still don't like it, go find him!"

"..."

Of course, there were some people who thought too much, so they timidly asked: "Could it be that the emperor wants to change his mind?"

If the emperor really disagrees, there is nothing we can do.

After hearing what they said, Zhang Yifan said: "It's not that we from Xiangshan County, nor the emperor, disagree, but that the powerful landlords outside Xiangshan County are not happy, and I'm afraid that they will fight with us in Xiangshan County in the future. Same, so I want us in Xiangshan County to abolish this grain field and put it under the communal distribution system."

When they heard that it was not the emperor, but the powerful landlords in other counties, these people in the county government became courageous, and immediately started talking again.

"If you don't agree, who are they to interfere with our Xiangshan County? Don't even think about it!"

"That's right, who do they think they are? Our prince-in-law is here, but we still want to make irresponsible remarks and rebel against them!"

"We won't change it, and we have to do it well, so piss them off!"

"That's right, we have to do this well. If the emperor likes it, he will ask them to do the same. He will not make them angry to death!"

"Prince-in-law, they like it as much as they want, but we don't agree to change it back!"

"..."

This result did not surprise Zhang Yifan.It is clear.The people of Xiangshan County have just suffered at the hands of Ma Ruhai's gang, how could they think of changing back again!

Seeing the fierce public sentiment below, he said loudly: "Okay, I am very happy that you have this determination. But you must understand that we will encounter many difficulties if we insist on this new deal. As long as I am here, they dare not come to explain Yes, but secretly they will definitely use dirty means to oppose it, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" Almost in unison, these people in the county government all shouted their hearts out together.

Even if the crowd is excited, you must resolutely defend your own things.

"Okay!" Zhang Yifan praised after hearing this, and then announced with a serious expression, "I have received news that there is a group of pirates, Ma Ruhai's younger brother Ma Rujiang, who are ready to avenge his brother and come ashore. I will come ashore today. I personally went to Guangdong Prefecture and asked to send the navy to destroy the pirates. However, they gave me a clear answer, either I abolished the system of public distribution of grain fields and then sent the navy to destroy the pirates; or the navy was under maintenance and could not go to sea to suppress the pirates. .”

Having said that, he stopped, and then glanced down.

Seeing the officials below, they were all stunned.

Obviously, they never expected that the situation turned out to be more serious than they imagined.

Wanting them to abolish the current system of public distribution of grain fields is actually such a big deal.

Suddenly, many people panicked.Pirates come ashore, what to do?
Zhang Yifan knew that guidance was needed at this time, so he said seriously: "In other words, if we insist on the system of public distribution of grain fields, then we can only rely on ourselves to fight against pirates for the time being."

At this point, he pointed at Qi Xiang and said: "Your Majesty had considered it at the beginning, so he sent Qi Qianhu, the emperor's guard, to Xiangshan County to establish a Qianhu Office. Ma Ruhai originally had a hundred people who wanted to do harm to me, but they were only five or six Just one person defeated these hundreds of people. On land, those pirates are definitely no enemy of our thousands of families in Xiangshan County!"

Hearing this, Zhang San came back to his senses and was the first to agree: "Yes, I saw that battle. At the entrance of Tangjia Village, there were about a hundred people, but only a few people were led by Brother Zhu Wu. He rushed, crying for father and mother, and Ma Ruhai was even more helpless."

This matter has actually been spread for a long time.Now, under Zhang San's reminder, everyone has strong confidence in the Qianhu in Xiangshan County, and everyone feels more at ease, feeling that even if there is no navy to clean up, it is not so scary.

Seeing that morale was rising again, Zhang Yifan immediately continued: "But one thing is that our coastline in Xiangshan County is very long, and the manpower of Qianhusuo alone is not enough. I need the people of Xiangshan County to participate in preventing pirates Zhonglai. The common people in each district have established a pirate early warning system along the coast, taking turns to watch the sea. Once pirates are discovered to be invading, they will notify the local households as soon as possible. This can ensure that pirates cannot harm the people of Xiangshan County! "

Having said this, he gestured to Qi Xiang.

Then, Qi Xiang began to speak, and gave these officials a general explanation of how people from all over the country participated in the system of piracy prevention.

To put it simply, you don’t need to be young or old, you can be old or young. You are responsible for a section of the coastline. If you see a pirate ship landing, you will immediately combine beacon messaging, signal trees, fast horse delivery and other methods.

When Qi Xiang said this, he seemed very professional, which made people feel that it was okay to do so, giving them confidence.

Therefore, these officials in the county government obviously showed less fear.

After Zhang Yifan waited for Qi Xiang to finish speaking, he spoke loudly: "Grain fields are distributed among the public. Whether they succeed or not, I am the prince's son-in-law. There is no shortage of glory and wealth. However, for ordinary people in Xiangshan County, you should know. How will the success or failure of the results affect you? Nowadays, some people want to abolish the law of public distribution of grain fields, and I am here, but they dare not do it openly. But this kind of secret move is not enough for me alone. I need You, as well as the people of Xiangshan County, all stand up and play your part in keeping the grain fields in the public domain. If you don't even want to protect your own interests and do nothing, just think about your own affairs. If I feed it into your mouth, how will your life turn out? I won’t care about it anymore.”

Hearing this, these people in the county government were all excited.

In the past, they envied Panyu County next door for having a good county magistrate who made the people of Panyu County live better than they did.

Now, a better county magistrate than the Panyu County magistrate has come to Xiangshan County, leading them to live a good life and have great expectations for the future.Shouldn't we cherish this kind of opportunity more?

What the Prince Consort said is absolutely correct. Is it possible that the Prince Consort is still busy alone, carrying the pressure and feeding food into his mouth?
If this is really the case, then it would be better to kill him head-on.

At first, Zhang San dared to run away from Yongjiahou, and he had a sense of arrogance and resistance in his heart. Therefore, after listening to Zhang Yifan's words, he was the first to stand up and said loudly: "Don't worry, Prince Consort, these are us, the people of Xiangshan County." If you are unwilling to contribute to your own affairs, then you are really worse than a pig or a dog!"

He spoke, and everyone else blushed and agreed, saying there was absolutely no problem.

Zhang Yifan nodded and understood that with Qi Xiang's Qianhu Institute as the backbone, it would not be a big problem to encourage the people of Xiangshan to participate in the pirate early warning system.

This was also the reason why he decided to make the situation public after returning to the county government. Even though Qi Xiang was a little worried at the time, fearing that it would cause panic, he felt that it didn't matter much, so he insisted on making it public.

Hiding and tucking makes it easier to panic!
Zhang Yifan firmly believes that if he chooses not to say it, the powerful landlords will say it for him. When the people hear it, they will really panic.

At this time, after the county government reached a consensus, Zhang Yifan discussed specific measures with them.

Qi Xiang also personally rode a horse along the Xiangshan County coastline and selected the placement of observation posts and related communication methods. Then Zhang Yifan made the matter public throughout the county, and people from the county government were responsible for each district to carry out publicity and Assign anti-theft tasks.

At the beginning, most people, especially those who were not in the county and near the sea, were really panicked and worried.However, as people from the county government went to the countryside to spread the word, they relayed the truth.

In the end, the people of Xiangshan County were inspired to defend their hometown.

With such a good county magistrate as the Prince Consort, and thousands of households led by the emperor's personal guards, aren't they just pirates?Come on, anyway, it is impossible to hand over the grain fields assigned to them.

Unknowingly, the ownership spirit of the people in Xiangshan County is slowly being developed.A fighting spirit began to pervade both inside and outside the county.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Sure enough, Guangdong Dusi still did not send out navy.This time, the people of Xiangshan County were even more lucky.

Under Zhang Yifan's guidance, each community quickly began to form self-defense forces and allocate patrol areas.Each Baihu station even sent people to train and guide them. They were not required to fight the pirates head-on, but only if they could assist the Baihu station in fighting.

As for the Hundred Households themselves, the training was even more strenuous. There was no need for each Hundred Households to ask for it. The sergeants all practiced more voluntarily, and their cooperation became more tacit. The speed of training was accelerated a lot.

Secretly, Zhang Yifan secretly met with Liu Datou and Zhou Heizi, and ordered them to go back and lurk first, to instigate more pirates without exposing themselves.

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Those who are interested will naturally learn about the situation in Xiangshan County immediately.For example, the He family in Dongguan.

"Dad, the methods adopted by Marquis Yongjia seem to be ineffective!" He Rong said a little worriedly.

Of course, He Zhen also knew the situation in Xiangshan County, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that I really underestimated this prince-in-law. I didn't expect that he could deal with it like this at such a young age. It's amazing!"

"Dad, are you still praising him?" He Rong heard this and immediately said dissatisfied, "He is digging up our roots!"

When He Zhen heard this, he looked at his eldest son and couldn't help scolding: "I'm taking this seriously, understand? If you can't recognize your opponent, you will lose sooner or later. Look how old you are. , How old is your consort? Why don’t you reflect on it!"

He Gui at the side heard this, and quickly interjected to save the siege: "Father, why don't you let the son-in-law go on like this?"

That must be impossible!

After hearing this, He Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Find someone to help Dusi and cut off the supply of military supplies to Qianhu Station in Xiangshan County."

Having said this, he looked at He Gui and asked, "How is the situation over there at sea?"

He Gui heard this and immediately replied: "That Ma Rujiang must kill the prince-in-law. He seems to know that he cannot conquer the county with his current strength, and is still contacting more pirates."

When He Zhen heard this, he shook his head and said, "The matter cannot be delayed for too long, otherwise the prince-in-law will definitely write a letter to the emperor and force the Guangdong capital. With the emperor's temper, if the prince-in-law is given more power, the trouble will be even greater!"

Nowadays, the emperor's son-in-law is only restricted to work within Xiangshan County. In other places, assistance is only required.But if this matter escalates, just based on those excuses, how could Emperor Hongwu not know that he is trying to manipulate his consort? He might decide a decree to give his consort the power to governor Guangdong. If anyone dares to deal with it, then this consort might kill chickens. Terrible.

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