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  Chapter 237 235【Evil animal】

  Guangxin Mansion is a big mansion, and the prefectural government is Shangrao County. It also has six counties under its jurisdiction: Yushan, Yongfeng, Qianshan, Xing'an, Yiyang, and Guixi.

  The magistrate Xie Lijing did not sit in the prefectural city, but took the initiative to attack with Xiangyong.

   Along the way, the county magistrates and gentry were asked to recruit soldiers, but unfortunately, the brave men recruited during the day ran away secretly at night. After Xiangyong barely passed a thousand, the news of the rebels came, and in an instant, only a few hundred remained.

  The head of Yiyang City.

  Xie Lijing looked at the rebels outside the city, and at the few dozens of Xiangyong left around him. He only has these dozens of township braves available, the Yamen servants in Yiyang County have all escaped, and the county magistrate probably slipped back to his hometown, and no one is willing to accompany the magistrate to guard the city.

   "Kaicheng surrender."

  Xie Lijing’s choice was very miraculous. He asked several township braves to open the city gate, and he led others to maintain law and order. At the same time, he took good care of the county government’s treasury and documents.

   Waiting for Xiao Zongxian to lead troops into the city, he learned that the magistrate of Yiyang had fled, and that the magistrate of Guangxin was in charge here, so he immediately came to pay a visit: "Thank you, old man, for maintaining law and order and protecting the county government!"

  Xie Lijing said: "I will not follow the thief for the reward of eating the king and being loyal to the king. You can kill me or tie me up. It's up to you."

   "I won't kill you or tie you up, you are a good official." Xiao Zongxian said.

  Xie Lijing sneered back and stopped talking.

  Xiao Zongxian was a little embarrassed and asked someone to take care of him properly, so he went to deal with business.

  Three days later, Xiao Zong seemed to have received the news, and he knew that Xie Lijing had the will to die. In these three days, he didn't drink a drop of water or eat a grain of rice.

  Xiao Zongxian hurried to go, but saw the other party looked haggard, and sighed: "Old man, why bother?"

  Xie Lijing didn't speak.

  Xiao Zong said angrily: "If you don't eat anymore, when I capture Fucheng, I will definitely kill you."

  Xie Lijing finally spoke out, his voice hoarse: "You won't."

   "Stubborn and incompetent," Xiao Zongxian ordered, "Come here, forcefully feed me porridge. After filling up, cover your mouth, tie up your hands and feet, don't let him commit suicide, and send him back to Ji'an to the general town for disposal!"

   "Zhu Zi Er dare... um..."

  After three days of starvation, Xie Lijing had no strength left. He was held down by two soldiers and his mouth was forcibly opened.

  He was force-fed cold porridge, some porridge sprayed from his mouth, some porridge choked out from his nostrils, and his face and neck were covered with porridge water and rice grains.

   Xiao Zong seemed too lazy to take care of it. Before the new year, he had to occupy the entire Guangxin Mansion. This was a death order issued by the Military Academy.

  Leave a small amount of auxiliary grain transport troops to garrison Yiyang, Xiao Zongxian immediately divided his troops. He led the main force to the east, all the way to occupy Xing'an and Shangrao (Guangxin Fucheng), and then divided his troops to occupy Yushan and Yongfeng. Another division was sent to occupy the lead mountain.

  Xing'an County originally belonged to the boundary of Yiyang County. During the Jiajing period, it was established as a separate county because of its rich porcelain production.

   One can imagine how popular the porcelain here is.

  The porcelain kilns here are collectively called Hengfeng Kiln. During the Republic of China, the name of the county was simply changed, and the name of the kiln was directly called Hengfeng County.

   Taking Guangxin Mansion, Zhao Han's financial revenue will rise to a higher level.

  Xing'an County is rich in porcelain, and the next counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan all have prosperous paper industries.

  In terms of market size alone, in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the combined number of paper mills in Qianshan, Yongfeng, and Shangrao counties was only one-fifth of that in Yushan County.

  However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qianshan County came from behind and had a tendency to overtake Yushan County.

  Why is this happening?

  Because civil servants and eunuchs were tossing around, a large number of parasites were raised, and the court could not collect taxes normally.

  Including the Fei family's paper mill, all of them belong to "private troughs", and the government can make whatever they want. As for the official slot, in addition to the official paper mill established by the imperial court, other official slot licenses will also be issued.

   Only by bribing civil officials and making friends with eunuchs can merchants obtain official licenses. This kind of merchants is commonly known as "lantou".

  They have a papermaking license issued by the government, but they don't make paper themselves. Instead, they accept orders from the imperial court and local governments, forcefully buy paper from private paper mills, and often credit and lower prices, hoard paper, and manipulate the market.

  The private paper mills in Shangrao and Yushan counties were the worst, with a large number of bankruptcies. Qianshan County is farther away, so the paper industry is booming.

  It was just the tentacles of "leading the head". By the end of Ming Dynasty, it had reached to Qianshan, and the papermakers in Qianshan were also made miserable.

  The former prefect of Guangxin, Zhang Yinggao, received strong support from the gentry in several counties because of the abolition of this phenomenon in Shangshu, and was able to recruit and train thousands of township braves.

  After Zhang Yinggao committed suicide in defeat, the "leaders" revived, and no one could stop them!

  Zhao Han is clear about the situation here, so he has already given instructions.

  After Xiao Zongxian took down Fucheng, he immediately arrested the "Lantou" and ransacked the homes of all the vampires who were entrenched in the heads of merchants.

   This move was very satisfying, and all the paper businessmen in Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan counties became Zhao Han's diehard loyalists.

   Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zongxian promulgated another decree. From now on, when the government buys paper, there will no longer be a "leader", and each family only needs to keep a part to sell to the government.

  These paper makers really do not lack orders from the government, because orders from Jiangnan have already made Guangxin paper in short supply.

  As the Chinese New Year approached, paper merchants from four counties gathered in Guangxin Mansion, including many merchants from Fei's family, and unexpectedly sent Xiao Zongxian a Wanmin Umbrella.

  At the same time, these merchants joined hands to divide the land.

  The counties of Guangxin Prefecture have many mountains and little land, and the income from food is nothing. As long as Zhao Han doesn't mess with the paper industry and helps them eliminate the "leaders", these merchants can donate all their land.

  As for the many tea mountains, Zhao Han has formulated a policy to distribute the land for free and the tea trees for a fee.

  Each tea tree is worth two taels of silver, and the government pays to buy it. After the land is distributed to tea farmers and tenants, the tea farmers and tenants pay in installments every year and slowly return the money to the government.

   Landlords who are forced to take away the tea mountains will automatically obtain a tea sales license and enjoy tax incentives within ten years.

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  Henglin, Fei's ancestral home.

  Hu Dinggui did not continue to do Nanchang County Canon History. After the expansion of the army, he was able to command 500 troops.

  Bringing a partial teacher to Qianshan Mountain, Hu Dinggui did not capture the county seat, but ran directly to the ancestral home of the Fei family to make trouble.

   "Grandpa, it's bad, the rebels have surrounded our house!"

  Fei Yuanzhen had been awake for half a month, terrified and in a trance all day long, feeling that he was doomed.

  He guessed right.

  In a town, one evil gentry must be selected to ransack the house to vent the grievances of the peasants.

  Hekou Town, Zhao Han personally confirmed Fei Yuanzhen's family! As for the other branches of the Fei family, there are too many people to divide the family, and they are not allowed to cause trouble except for the division of fields.

  Fei Yuanzhen asked his servant to tie the rope for him, and said: "Only when I die, will the Zhao family let the Fei family go."

  The house slave wanted to dissuade him, but when he heard this, he immediately helped tie the rope, and helped Fei Yuanzhen roughly onto the stool.

  Fei Yuanzhen trembled and hung his neck on the rope.

  Suddenly the old man burst into tears, he was really afraid of death, he had not lived enough. Standing on the stool, hesitating for a long time, still unable to let go of his heart, always thinking that he can take another look at the situation.

  The confidant house slave couldn't wait any longer, because the rebels had already broken into the door, so they stretched out their feet and kicked the stool away.

   "Dang Dang!"

  The stool fell to the ground, Fei Yuanzhen successfully hanged himself, his legs kept struggling and kicking.

  When Fei Yuanzhen stopped moving, his confidant servant suddenly cried out in mourning: "The old man hanged himself, the old man hanged himself, woo woo woo woo... Why can't you think about it, old man!"

Hu Dinggui led his troops to break in, and when he saw the corpse swinging on the swing, he curled his lips and said, "Everyone who lives in this house will be arrested by the master for a public trial. The house slaves will be screened, and those who commit crimes will be judged publicly, and those who have no crimes will be given the land." !"

   Goose Lake Fee House.

  Fei Yuanyi heard that Fei Yuanzhen's house was ransacked, and that Fei Yuanzhen himself was dead. He was so frightened that his whole body became cold, and he hid in the inner house and dared not come out to see anyone.

  The second and third children of this family, namely Fei Yinghuan's two younger brothers, danced happily.

  Haha, they can divide the property now.

  It doesn’t matter if the land is confiscated, Ehu Fei’s still has many shops, and there are several paper mills down the mountain.

   When the members of the peasant association arrived, the two brothers greeted them warmly. They even took their wives and children, went out to bow to the west, and shouted: "Long live Mr. Zhao, long live Brother Han!" Then they stood up and said, "Masters of the peasant association, let's divide the family and analyze the property first. The land can't be lost. What? Any time is fine!"

  At this moment, Fei Yinghuan has left early, and he is going to Ji'an Mansion to celebrate the New Year with his wife.

   Otherwise, Fei Yinghuan would be so angry that he would beat up his two younger brothers.

  Fei Yuanyi was originally hiding in the inner house. After hearing this, he immediately picked up his crutches and rushed out: "I will kill you two unfilial sons!"

  The second child, Fei Yingqi, quickly dodged and ran to the peasant association to hide.

  The third eldest, Fei Yingke, was not afraid, and said convincingly, "Father, don't do this. It is a rule set by Mr. Zhao to divide the family and property. Mr. Zhao is your grandson-in-law. How can father take the lead and disobey the order?"

Fei Yingqi also chimed in and said, "Third brother is right. Brother Han is the one who will be the emperor. He has his own rules and regulations, and we all should follow his rules. Brother Han said that the big family will Separating the family and distributing property, is it true that father still wants to make Brother Han go against him?"

  Fei Yingke said to the staff of the peasant association: "Masters of the peasant association, please enter the house, and I will take you to count the property immediately."

   "Yes, yes, please come in, masters of the peasant association!" Fei Yingqi was also enthusiastic, and regarded the peasant association as the Buddha and Bodhisattva who saved them.

  If the family is not separated, although the family property is considered everyone's property, Fei Yinghuan has the final say on everything, and the two of them are just **** raised.

Fei Yingqi rolled his eyes, ran into the house suddenly, and shouted along the way: "Brother Han has become the king of Jiangxi, and he wants to divide the land for the slaves of the whole world. From now on, you are free, and you will no longer be slaves to others." Come out and divide the fields!"

  Fei Yingke also rushed into his inner house and asked his wife to release the slaves as soon as possible. They are now very supportive of Zhao Han's policy.

  The members of the peasant association looked at each other in blank dismay. They already knew that this was the home of General Zhao Er and his wife's natal home. It's just that this family is really... hard to describe.

   "Evil animal, evil animal!"

   Fei Yuanyi yelled while leaning on his cane, then knelt down on the ground, wailing and chanting about his ancestors.

  (end of this chapter)