Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2203 Ping Jingyang Mountain ([-])

At this moment, there was a burst of crying on the small steamer and the pier, people calling mothers and fathers, children calling meat, it was extremely miserable.Huang Chao couldn't take it anymore when he saw the trouble, he thought of his wife and children for no reason, and felt sympathy for the old man to some extent.He comforted Peng Shouan and said: "Old Peng, don't be sad. When the business here is over, we will go to Lingao together. You go to visit your son. I will also accompany my son and share the joy of family together." .”

Peng Shouan felt a heat in his heart, but suddenly he found that the Australian chief became more approachable, and said involuntarily: "I just hope that these things will be finished soon, Lianyang and other places will be peaceful as soon as possible, and the people will be in good health."

After such an incident, the attitude of the group of descendants has changed to some extent-the whole family is in the hands of the Australians, and it is really hard to think about it.

When Peng Shouan returned to Yangshan, Huang Chao gave him an instruction, asking him to cooperate with Wang Chuyi, the magistrate of Yangshan County.Zhou Liangchen's "Yangshan County Director" hat was given to him, and Zhou Liangchen changed to Lianzhou County Director's hat—not to mention he was quite happy, after all, "state" is so much higher than "county" half grade.

Peng Shouan returned to Yangshan County overnight and took office officially.Wang Chuyi is gearing up and preparing to "suppress the bandits".But he didn't know the local situation, and he only did some basic work of arranging National Army soldiers to patrol along the roads.In the past few days, the national army has dispatched a mixed patrol team of Ding Zhuang, Yao people and national army conscripted locally to patrol the whole county along the old post road and the "Jidipu" road in Yangshan County.One is to declare the existence of the new regime, to cheer up the people and calm people's hearts; it also gives a group of vacillating local gentry and big households an opportunity to get closer to the organization-these people have great energy once they make trouble.But the good thing is that they are basically "good people", and they are most concerned about their own safety.As long as they are not given the opportunity to be bewitched by others, it is not so easy to embark on the road of "rebellion"; the second is to have a preliminary understanding of the local village situation.

During the patrol, they initially established the Baojia system in this area, cleared out the remnant bandits, and concentrated and arrested a group of "bad people" in the countryside. The public security situation in the county has generally stabilized.Although Guihuamin cadres agreed that this stability may only be a temporary situation, the situation was much quieter than before the recovery of Yangshan County.

The next step is to eliminate the "unstable factors" in the county.

The Yao people, the biggest source of instability in Yangshan, have now died down.Whether it is the Yao people in Yonghua or the Yao people in other places in the county, after hearing about the disastrous defeat of Ba Pai Yao, they were "conscripted" by the National Army—equal to being hostages—now they are not willing to fight.But the bandits "tyrants" in the county began to move around.

In Yangshan, like all counties where Yao and Han live together, the presence of the regime is extremely weak, not to mention the basically "self-contained" Yao villages, even the Han villages, and the slightly remote ones, the county also manages not on.Over the years, Yao and Han have fought and fought, and they have taught the people that "the government is unreliable".The county government has no prestige and lacks force, so it is often looked down upon by local tyrants.

The Senate has just arrived, and the treatment is not much better than that of Daming.The illustrious martial arts of the Australians is nothing more than a "legend" to the local emperors, big and small. Except for the Yao people who really suffered at the hands of the Australians, all heroes from all walks of life have the intention of "disapproving".

Although this mixed patrol is "greatly effective", but when it comes to implementing the county government work, it starts to hit a snag.

When Wang Chu entered the city one by one, in addition to public security, his first task was to collect "reasonable burdens".In addition to giving him a team and a squadron of the National Army, the Senate had very little other material support.Whether it is to feed the national army, to help the people, or to repair the dilapidated county town, money and food are urgently needed.

Except for part of the money captured from the battlefield, most of the money and food will naturally fall on the heads of the local people. "Reasonable burden" is a temporary tax before the establishment of a formal tax system. Although it is very rough, it is easy to collect and can alleviate financial difficulties in the short term.Therefore, it is a kind of tax that must be collected for administrative officials in the "new area".Generally speaking, there is not much resistance to expropriation, as long as the local big gentry are called together to "tell" them.It can be solved roughly.

But in Yangshan, the "reasonable burden" collection model failed unexpectedly.Wang Chuyi sent people out to "declare" and apportion "reasonable burdens". As a result, except for some villages close to the county seat and along the main traffic lines, more than half of the villages in the county reluctantly agreed.There are various reasons, nothing more than that there was a chaos in the previous stage, and everyone suffered too much damage, and there was no money and food to pay for it.On the contrary, the Yao people in Yonghua and other places agreed to pay on time, but they strongly demanded that Wang Chuyi's county government: "Take care of the salt sellers."

Wang Chuyi took office as a new official, and it was difficult to move without money and food. He was eager to solve this problem.

Peng Shouan, the land master, came back, and Wang Chuyi immediately came to ask for advice.

Hearing the current situation he introduced, Peng Shouan himself smiled wryly.It was the same situation when he first arrived in Yangshan three years ago.Although Ba Pai Yao did not cause chaos, the situation he faced was the same as the shaved head of the county magistrate in front of him.

His method is no different from the traditional practice of Chinese bureaucrats for thousands of years, that is, "go around".Fortunately, the tyrants just want to do whatever they want on their "one-acre-three-point land", and they dare not openly rebel.Both sides can always maintain a tacit understanding.

Now that it is after the chaos, and the Australians are newcomers, these tyrants will inevitably "deceit".

Peng Shouan thought over and over again, and said: "Students have two strategies, one for literature and one for military. I don't know which one the master wants to hear?"

Wang Chuyi secretly scolded this sour boy for really knowing how to take Joe, but now his eyes are darkened, and he can't do without the former county magistrate, so he said: "Let's talk about both of them, which one is better to use."

Peng Shouan said with a smile: "These two strategies can't be said to be good or bad, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, so I asked the county magistrate to weigh it..."

"Okay, okay, tell me quickly." Wang Chuyin couldn't help urging.

"One is cultural policy. The big local households refused to pay because they thought the amount collected was too large. Speaking of which, after the chaos, they were required to pay money and grain immediately. As a lobbyist, talk privately with each village, and come up with an agreement—each party can be satisfied, both public and private.”

This is actually the most traditional and appropriate approach. After all, the local tyrants are not plotting to rebel. No matter how despised the county magistrate, they dare not underestimate the court behind him. Everyone can negotiate good terms and everything is easy to talk about.

Speaking of benefits, although they had to collect less money and food, after all, it was a peaceful negotiation without using swords and guns, and the society remained stable. For a county with a complicated environment like Yangshan, it was a good choice.After all, forced expropriation requires the use of force, which is very difficult for a purely immigrant county magistrate, not to mention the risk of going to battle, if there is a "civil uprising", the future will be over, and there will be no Even a good life cannot be saved.

Naturally, Wang Chuyi could not accept this strategy.As for Peng Shouan, he has already figured out the way of governance of the Australians these days, and of course he understands that Wang Chuyi will never accept this "political policy".

Then the next step is naturally "Wu Ce".

"Wu Ce" is to suppress bandits.

"Bandit suppression?" Wang Chuyi asked in surprise.He obviously talked about something that is a reasonable burden. How did Master Peng get involved in suppressing the bandits?

Suppressing bandits is the right thing to do—after all, the main purpose of his rush to levy reasonable burdens is also to expand the strength of the county national army.

"Master doesn't know, the banditry in Yangshan has always been in collusion with the tyrants. As long as the master suppresses the bandits, they won't worry about not paying money and food."

"Okay, Lao Peng, please explain carefully." Wang Chuyi suddenly felt that the former county magistrate was of some use.

Peng Shouan now eloquently said: "The banditry in Yangshan is mainly divided into water and land. The water is Feng Haijiao who is entrenched in Qinglianxu, and the land is Sun Dabiao who is entrenched in Dalangxu. Counting the original county government house Zhang Tianbo, these three are known as the Three Hegemons of Yangshan.

"In fact, these three tyrants have colluded with the rich and powerful in this county. Sun Dabiao himself is a big family. He opened seven or eight kinds of businesses in Dalangwei, such as salt shops, cloth shops, and grain stores. He is considered a wealthy businessman. Secretly What he did was the work of bandits. As for Feng Haijiao, although he is an old water bandit for many years, he is also from a wealthy local family. He only got into this business after he was defeated. As for Zhang Tianbo, it goes without saying that he He is the leader of the fast class in the county, and he is considered the "thief leader" in the county. All heroes from all walks of life in this county should be "respected incense". Got it..."

Wang Chu wanted to think that you knew so clearly, why didn't you punish this group of people at the beginning? !But he was born as a naturalized citizen after all, and he had seen a lot of similar things under the Ming Dynasty, and knew that the county magistrate wanted to be an official in a peaceful manner, and the powerful people in the local area should not be offended, not to mention the sky high and the emperor far away. place.He held his temper and listened to him continue.

"...Although Zhang Tianbo is only the head of the fast shift and not the book office of the household, the county has to rely on him to collect food. When some villages refuse to pay food, they will recruit Sun Dabiao and Feng Haijiao. Pull hundreds of bandits to encircle the village. Generally, the village dare not refuse, and has to pay some. Therefore, although Zhang Tianbo has a lot of bad records, he can clean up the food and taxes every year. Naturally, Zhang Tianbo will also enrich his own pockets from it, but... ..."

"Just what?" Huang Chao was a little impatient with Peng Shouan's whining tone.

"It's just that the delivery of autumn grain is not on time every year, and it is one or two months behind the scheduled deadline."
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