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  Chapter 154 152 [Gentleman escapes] (addition for the leader "SAYBYESAYHI")

  Jishui, Wu Jiatang.

  Although the Liu family has been divided into two households, it is only reflected in the household registration book, and they still live together in the ancestral mansion.

  Many helpers in the family were sent home during the day.

   At midnight, Liu Tongsheng went out in the dark, with twenty-six people behind him, including children!

  Whether male or female, all leave with tenderness.

   Liu Tongsheng is already forty-nine years old, but his body is still relatively strong.

  In history, he won the first prize in the examination. Chongzhen asked his age and replied fifty-one. Chongzhen praised: "You look like a young man!"

   Liu Tongsheng carried more than 30 catties of silver on his back, and his brothers, nephews, and nephews also carried silver on their backs.

  A family of twenty or so came to the small river in the dark, and Liu Tongsheng fell on the way.

  The boats were already prepared by the river, but because they were afraid of falling into the water, they could only light the lanterns when boarding the boats. Driving from the small river to the Tongjiang River, and from the Tongjiang River to the Ganjiang River, at dawn, it has already left the boundary of Jishui County.

  After dividing the fields, their family still has more than 400 mu of land, and now they don't want it!

   Their family still has more than 2,000 stones of grain, so they don’t want it anymore!

   Even, there is still some silver at home, and I really can't move it, so I don't want it!

  Give up everything and flee Jishui with the whole family, just because they can't see hope and feel aggrieved in Zhao Han's territory.

  Liu Tongsheng in history, the Manchu Qing had just invaded Jiangxi, and he was still far away from Jishui County. He abandoned the land, moved his family to Fujian, and then donated his property to recruit soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

   Can also be regarded as anti-Qing patriots.

  Zhao Han forcibly divides the land, and Liu Tong is promoted to the Bao family. He can choose to be patient for the time being, but there are some things he cannot bear.

  One, slavery is not allowed. Even if you can have servants, is it as convenient as before? Moreover, child labor is not allowed, and there are no servants under the age of twelve.

  Second, concubines are not allowed. This decree is not enforced, and the government will only stop it when the concubine reports to the government.

  Although he strictly complied with the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", Liu Tongsheng was very upset. If everything is done in accordance with the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", then the life of the gentry will not be able to live.

  The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" not only forbids common people to keep slaves, but also forbids landlords to use tenants to carry sedan chairs.

  If the first two items can be tolerated, then what Liu Tongsheng cannot tolerate the most is Zhao Han's extreme disrespect for talents!

  Liu Tongsheng is not only good at stereotypes, but also proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He even studied military books and spells.

  After defecting to Zhao Han, Liu Tongsheng was only given two choices.

   One is to do ordinary civilian work in the General Military Mansion, and the other is to go to the countryside to assist the peasant association in dividing the land.

  Liu Tongsheng first chose to be a civil servant, and became impatient after working for a few days, because it was the work of civil servants. He is a dignified man, but he was thrown to be a swordsman, and he was the most ordinary swordsman.

   Then, Liu Tongsheng applied to go to the countryside to divide the land, but this time he only persisted for one day.

  He thought he was going to direct the division of the field, but when he got to the field, he actually wanted to go to the field to measure it himself. This is no longer the work of civil officials, but soap officials.

  What is soap official?

  It is a lowly labor, which is like a lowly nationality, and children and grandchildren cannot participate in the imperial examination!

  Two jobs before and after, Liu Tongsheng felt a great insult.

  One of his Juren friends, in order to catch up with the rebels, actively participated in the division of land, and was promoted to mayor in an exceptional way because of this.

  But what the **** is the mayor?

   There are eight towns in Luling County and seven towns in Jishui County. The mayor of Najishui County is equivalent to one-seventh of a county magistrate?

  This kind of rural official position, Liu Tongsheng would not even be suitable for him!

   What's even more exasperating is that that Juren friend was arrested and awaiting trial just because he slept with a prostitute.

  Liu Tongsheng's younger brother married a concubine's daughter to an official of the General Military Mansion, hoping to get the care of the General Military Mansion.

  All the officials of the General Military Mansion who could be married to the rich were demoted by Zhao Han, leaving no space for the gentry at all.

   All kinds of perverse actions made Liu Tongsheng hate it.

  He would rather not have land, no food, and run away with only money, and he would never live under Zhao Han's rule.

  Liu Tongsheng stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the beautiful scenery of spring on both sides of the river. He felt so happy, like a free bird out of the cage.

  As for the fields, the ragged and hard-working farmers have automatically become an embellishment in the beautiful scenery.

  …

  General Military Mansion.

  Xiao Huan came in and reported: "In Zongzhen, more than a dozen gentry families have escaped with their families. It is impossible for us to send people to watch all day long."

   "Why surveillance?"

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Let them go, and the land, houses, money and food left behind will be confiscated. How many gentry do I still need?"

  Li Banghua was silent, the gentry really had his heart broken, and many of his efforts were in vain.

  Zhao Han was very relaxed, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, they shouldn't have escaped because of the Zou family, right?"

   "No," Li Banghua said, "It was the married officials of the General Military Mansion who were demoted and let scholars start as low-level officials. That's why they left in despair."

Zhao Han sighed: "Where have I ever treated someone who is really willing to do things badly? For example, the Juren Wang Yuanlu, who worked a little **** dividing the land, was promoted to be the mayor, which was countless times faster than ordinary scholars. I even Think it over, once Taihe County is captured, promote this person to Taihe County magistrate, which can be regarded as setting an example for the gentry's children. Who knows that this person's mud can't support the wall, and he even raped a female missionary when he was drunk!"

  Li Banghua shook his head and said, "You think the mayor is an official, but they think the mayor is an official."

   "I don't even want to manage a town, how dare I let them manage a county?" Zhao Han said with a smile, "Anyway, there are countless scholars at the bottom, and I have no shortage of scholars. Gentlemen can run if they want."

  Li Banghua doesn't want to discuss this topic, just like what Zhao Han said, there are countless low-level scholars in Jiangxi, and there is really no shortage of scholars!

   If one gentry boy runs away, ten poor scholars stand up. How many poor scholars are waiting to become officials.

   Juren and scholar from a wealthy family look down on the position of mayor?

  But letting a poor scholar become the mayor, not to mention how happy he is, the enthusiasm for work will be different.

  Suddenly, Li Banghua completely figured it out.

  The low-level peasants are the foundation, and the poor scholars are the backbone. It seems that there are really no gentry.

   "When will you send troops to Anfu County?" Li Banghua asked.

   "Don't worry," Zhao Han said, "at least wait until the spring plowing is over, so we can't delay the farming season."

  Li Banghua said: "The general town has brought back thousands of people from Yuanzhou, and they have been waiting to be resettled."

Zhao Han shook his head and said: "Those people don't divide the fields, they are all craftsmen, and they don't know how to farm at all. You choose the most honest gentry family, plus your nephew's family, and I will give each of you a kaolin mine. Of course, The mines cost money to buy, and those kiln workers settled near the mines, and will rely on kiln work to support their families in the future. Remember, don’t treat the craftsmen harshly, I will send people to form a trade union.”

   "My nephew's house doesn't need to be given to the mine. I can just choose two other gentry families." Li Banghua didn't want to provoke criticism.

   This is also considered to win over a few obedient gentry, so that they can open factories to make money.

  As for bow makers, Tian Younian is already planning to build a weapons workshop, which must be managed by the government.

  Li Banghua suddenly said: "Let me go to military training, I really don't want to engage in government affairs."

   This one is also very tired.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "That's fine, but it's not about training soldiers, but building a military and political framework. How many regular soldiers (out-of-production soldiers), how many farmers and soldiers, how to recruit, how to train, how to pay, how to allocate food and grass, how to manufacture and order military equipment The equipment... these are all given to Mr. Li, and I transferred Tian Younian to be Mr. Li's deputy."

   For a long time, Zhao Han's army has not been systematic, or the military system is not complete, Li Banghua is definitely qualified for this position.

  As for Li Banghua himself, he was avoiding suspicion, voluntarily left the government affairs system, and went to the military affairs side to avoid being regarded as the leader of the Jishui faction.

  Seeing off Li Banghua, Fei Chungao ran over happily: "The grain merchants have finally released grain, thanks to those escaped gentry."

   "Good job!" Zhao Han praised.

  Those **** grain merchants, in series with gentry hoarding, want to raise the price of grain in the spring to make a fortune.

   As a result, the grain bank in charge of Fei Chun continued to release grain to make prices cheaper, and released half of the grain reserves. At this moment, more than a dozen gentry families suddenly ran away, leaving a lot of grain confiscated. In addition, Zou's family was ransacked, and then Qingyuan Temple was ransacked, and a lot of food was also brought in.

  The government has sufficient grain reserves, so the grain merchants can only admit defeat and sell rice at a fair price honestly.

  Fei Chun said suddenly: "By the way, I saw Fei Yu outside."

  Fei Yu is Fei Yuanjian's book boy, and the dozens of taels of manuscript fee for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was also a bookseller brought by Fei Yu.

   Zhao Han said: "He has been practicing for a year, and he was transferred to be the secretary of government affairs."

   "That's a good relationship," Fei Chun said with a smile, "When we sold the ten-day magazine, Fei Yu and I ran the most diligently. He really knows how to do things."

   It is certain to form cliques, and Zhao Han cannot avoid it.

  Fei Yuanjian is now the director of Luling County, and Liu Ziren is the director of Jishui County, responsible for managing the affairs of the entire county government.

  Fei Chun asked: "When will that case... be tried?"

   "After half a month, I will come to the trial in person. If you want to listen in, you can come." Zhao Han said.

  …

   Chongzhen eight years, April.

  The military budget of the Ming Dynasty was 7.86 million shi, and the Ministry of Liberation was 6.8 million shi, leaving 1 million shi short of military expenditure.

  Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, ordered Deng Qi, the general of Sichuan, to guard Fancheng. The general made a fuss about the salary and killed Deng Qi's two servants. The dignified Sichuan general was so frightened that he jumped over the wall and fled. Many fires broke out in the city. Deng Qi got into the fire alley and couldn't get out. He was burned to death.

  Shen Youlong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Zou Weilian, governor of Fujian, sent troops to the north one after another.

  They did not come to Jiangxi immediately, but first cleared up the bandits at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi. Rebels and bandits have been making trouble for several years.

  Especially the anti-thieves in the west of Fujian, who plundered many counties across the country, and immediately entered the mountains as soon as they encountered officers and soldiers.

  Faced with the encirclement and suppression of Guangfu and Fujian provinces, the rebels on the border of the three provinces unite and nominate He Zhiyuan of Ruijin as their leader. More than 30,000 peasant troops began to fight guerrillas against the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governors of Fujian in the mountains.

  Want to go north to conquer Zhao Han?

  Please settle the rebels on the border of the three provinces first!

  Before the trial date came, Xiao Huan hurried over to report: "General Town, Pingxiang County, Yichun County, Fenyi County, and Yongxin County are all reversed!"

   "When did it happen?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Huan replied: "The general town led the troops to leave Yuanzhou Mansion, and the tenants in Yichun County rebelled, and Fenyi County and Pingxiang County also rebelled. It spread southward to Yongxin County, and then to Taihe County. Our Around the site, a total of six counties rebelled."

   "Let them kill the landlord slowly, and I'll finish it after killing them." Zhao Han is getting more and more cold-blooded and black-bellied now.

   It is not unusual for the counties in central Jiangxi to rebel.

  The influence brought by Zhao Han was only to advance the uprising and make it even bigger.

  Historically, after Xie Xuelong left Jiangxi, people in Anfu, Yongxin, Luling, and Pingxiang counties rose up one after another. The main sources of rebels were tenants, servants, and domestic slaves.

  The reason for the uprising was that the people couldn't survive, and the imperial court suddenly increased their salaries, and it happened to be a year of catastrophe.

   In a certain sense, Zhao Han saved the life of the big landlord who offered his land.

   Without Zhao Han, these landlords would not only lose their family property, but also be killed by the uprising people to the point of bloodshed.

  Forcibly distributing the landlord's property, is it an unreasonable act of robbery?

  Hehe, Zhao Han is already very reasonable. The irrational peasant army is really unreasonable, they only talk with sickles and hoes!

  In April of this year, the gentry in Zhao Han's domain trembled with fear from the news from the surrounding area.

   Even with that, Zhao Han seemed to become kind-hearted. After all, this master only wants land, not money, food or life.

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  (end of this chapter)