My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 289 Official Promotion

   Gao Xiang knelt down.

  The face is as dead ashes.

  He muttered, wanting to say something, but couldn't.

  Zhang Anshi strode forward, helped him up, and then slapped his dust.

  Zhang Anshi said unhappily: "Tongzhi Gao, we are colleagues, so we don't like this."

   "Grand...Grandpa..." Gao Xiang stammered and said: "I will definitely do my best...to serve you."

  Zhang Anshi corrected: "It's not for me, it's for the court."

   "Yes, yes, yes, serve the court." Gao Xiang said: "My lord, you only need to say one word, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, the subordinate will not hesitate to die."

Zhang Anshi seemed to be very emotional and said: "People say that the officials of the country are cunning, but I, Zhang Anshi, are lucky. All the officials I meet are people who value hard work. Don't worry, you work hard, and I will definitely recommend you in the future .”

  Gao Xiang only felt his heart beating so hard at this time, he felt his back was soaked, so how could he care about any recommendation?

   Trying to gather his mind, he forced a smile and said, "Grandpa, this military order..."

"The military order must be carried out without compromise. Whoever dares to add water to it..." Zhang Anshi continued with a serious face, "This must be colluding with the White Lotus Sect. I think... it must be a rebellious party. The situation in Taiping Mansion, You know that the White Lotus Sect is pervasive and everywhere. I have been ordered to suppress the thieves for what purpose? To eliminate the thieves!"

"So... since it is military law and military orders are transmitted, if someone disobeys orders, such as obstructing the clearing of the land, destroying the land, such as imprisoning the population, then it must be a bandit from the White Lotus Cult. You know... you should know how do it?"

  Gao Xiang knew in his mind that he might kill someone next...but he didn't know who would hit the muzzle of this gun.

Zhang Anshi said again: "There are officials... If there are officials who lie about this and refuse to strictly enforce the military law, then nine out of ten... must be religious bandits. I, Zhang Anshi, only have loyalty and righteousness in my heart. Anyone who dares to **** collude with the White Lotus Sect, I will not share the sky with him, no matter who is involved, I will also punish him."

Gao Xiang hastily said: "The lower officials thought... the Lord's move was really... really... great! In the past few years, the Taiping Mansion has suffered a lot from the bandits! Now that the Lord is attacking the bandits, all the soldiers and civilians in the mansion , all rejoiced, just like the rain after a long drought! The official has also thought about it. In the past few days, he will assist the father-in-law. The implementation of the military order must be found out. At the end of the month, the official will go to the first few counties in person for a tour. Let's see if there are any rebels who are obedient to others, and if there are really rebels who don't know what is good and what is wrong, and dare to follow the thief frantically at this time, you don't need the father-in-law to take action, and the subordinate officials will definitely punish them severely."

  Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "With your words, I feel much more comfortable in my heart. I am afraid that everyone will not support me. At that time, I will deal with everything in this mansion, big or small."

  Gao Xiang hurriedly said earnestly: "The lower official is also an official ordered by the imperial court, how dare he sit on a vegetarian meal."

  Zhang Anshi patted Gao Xiang's arm, looking very friendly and authentic: "You and I are in the same boat, and there is hope for this Taiping Mansion to eliminate thieves."

   Gao Xiang said with tears in his eyes: "Grandfather... I value it so much, my servant..."

  Zhang An Shixu covered his mouth: "Okay. Don't talk about it, just do your best."

"Yes."

   Immediately, Gao Xiang got up and said goodbye.

   Coming out of the hall, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if he was possessed by an evil spirit.

  As soon as Gao Xiang left, a few knives who were ambushing in the ear room came out quietly.

  Chen Li put the knife back into its sheath, looked at Zhang Anshi: "Grandpa..."

  Zhang Anshi glanced at them, and said with a smile: "Thank you brothers."

  Chen Li hurriedly said: "Where is this, my lord... I see that Gao Tongzhi... doesn't necessarily agree with you, he is just perfunctory!"

   "It doesn't matter." Zhang Anshi waved his hand, and said indifferently: "I only want his people, and I don't care about his heart."

  Chen Li said again: "What the Lord said is true, it's just... this person is unwilling in his heart, I'm afraid..."

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "If there is an animal that looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then what is it?"

  Chen Li didn't understand why Zhang Anshi suddenly asked such an insignificant question, but he said without thinking, "Duck."

   "That's right." Zhang Anshi said with a special expression on his face: "If this Gao Tongzhi acts like my party member and talks like my party member, then what is it?"

  Chen Li was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly realized the next second.

"They won't be able to run away when they get on the boat." Zhang Anshi said: "The execution of the military order requires them to do it, but once it is carried out, they will also be hated by others. Can they still run away? Besides following me Work hard, but without me, Zhang Anshi, they will suffer backlash! So, sometimes...you have to be calm, and there is no need to grab people's hearts. I don't care about what he thinks."

  Chen Li nodded, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Anshi with admiration: "Grandpa Mingjian."

  Zhang Anshi said again: "But Wei Li's brothers are different from them, Wei Li's brothers have to talk to each other, Chen Qianshi, you understand what I mean."

  Chen Li sincerely said: "Yes."

  Zhang Anshi showed some relief on his face, and then picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said: "Okay, you continue to ambush, I will call the next one."

  After meeting with the magistrates, judges, grinders, and Xuezheng officials of the Taiping Mansion, they met with the magistrates and magistrates of the counties, and they were mostly encouraging.

  In addition to this, it is to see the inspections of various roads.

  Taiping Prefecture has three inspection offices, two land inspections, with 426 people and horses, and one waterway inspection that patrols the river, with 31 boats and 272 people.

  Zhang Anshi ordered them to gather people and come to Qixia for training in turn. These patrol inspections did not have much psychological burden, after all, they were military officers, and they just promised promises.

Zhang Anshi said to them: "Since the Taiping Mansion has the same military law, even all the yamen are like this, so the inspection is a military job, and the order must be consistent. In fact, you may not be the one who suppresses the thieves. If you don't want to use your life, there will naturally be Jin Yiwei." , Jinyiwei is not successful, there is a model camp. But I still hope that you can be of some use, and if you are not useful for yourself, your future future will be hard to say."

   Speaking of this, what else do the three inspections have to say?

  The three of them thumped at the same time, and directly bowed to the ground: "I will wait for everything to be done by the father."

  Zhang Anshi likes to talk to such straightforward people, so he said with satisfaction: "This is very good."

  These three people are very smart. They know that they will never be able to compare with Jinyiwei and Model Camp. If they don’t have that ability, no matter how hard they try, they will still be far behind.

  It is important for a person to have self-knowledge. Since he knows that he is incapable, he must at least show his loyalty.

Zhang Anshi put his hands behind his back, glanced at the three of them, and then ordered: "You should train first, and everyone must be energetic. You must have swords, bows, armor, vehicles, boats, and horses. You must be stationed in various places. Take strict precautions, keep an eye on whoever is making trouble in Taiping Mansion, and whoever makes trouble will do it, if the thief is powerful, immediately send out a warning, and when the time comes... people will come to help."

"Yes."

  Everything was ready, and immediately after, a series of military orders began to be posted.

  The entire Taiping Mansion became confused.

   There is no roaring boiling as imagined.

  But soon someone realized the business opportunity.

   It was the merchants who smelled the smell of copper first, and the merchants had already begun to secretly recruit people.

  Personnel flow, removal of domicile, etc... can only be regarded as the release of manpower, which means that the previous manpower shortage can be greatly alleviated.

   And the most important thing is to share the income per mu.

   Allocating Ding Ding to Mu means that whoever has more land will have the heaviest taxation.

  This will definitely lead to... Those gentry who own a lot of land will greatly reduce their enthusiasm for buying land.

  Some people have already started hiring people and starting to study the details of military law.

  Soon, someone keenly noticed... There is one biggest loophole in clearing the land and dividing it into acres.

   That is, there is no distinction between good and bad land, and the amount of food received is equal.

  This is equivalent to saying that for one mu of land, no matter whether you have a good field or a bad field, the tax you pay is the same.

  Many people suddenly saw business opportunities, which also means that many people will still try their best to hold the good land in their own hands. Even if they have to pay taxes, growing food is still profitable.

   Only those bad fields may be different. Originally, the fertility of the land is poor, and not too many crops can be grown. Adding taxes, there will inevitably be a large amount of land that will be sold by people.

   And it may be sold at a low price.

   These lands may be a burden to gentry and landlords.

   But for many merchants, it is a sweet pastry.

  Because many merchants really need cheap land to build workshops and warehouses.

If in the past, if you dared to go to the countryside to build this, you would be looking for death, because the risk factor is too high, the status of merchants is very low, and the local gentry often have a lot of relationship with the government. If you earn money, just greet Bao Zhang and Jia Zhang casually, and your family will be ruined.

   Such things are very common, so most of the merchants only gather in a very small number of cities.

  Now Qixia is like this, but there is less land here, and there is also a lack of manpower, but even if people buy or lease land at ten times or a hundred times the price, they will never go to other places across the river, and it is precisely because of this.

  But now...everyone seems to smell something.

  After the military law is enforced, coupled with these military orders, even fools will understand who they are rushing to.

  In addition to this, it is a question of resources.

  The counties under the jurisdiction of Taiping Prefecture are very rich in minerals. In later generations... that place is a famous industrial base.

  The reason why there are industrial agglomerations is because of minerals.

  Now now...Once production starts to roll out, there will be strong demand for minerals in the future.

  Some merchants began to send people to the counties, and recruited some local local snakes to understand the situation.

  They are not in a hurry to act immediately, but to find out the situation in the counties of Taiping Prefecture first, and then wait and see the implementation of the military law. After ensuring that everything is safe, they will act as soon as possible.

  And every government is like mourning and examining concubine, they really don't want to do it.

  However, but they had to be active. A large number of servants went to clear the land. There was great resistance in the countryside, and there were constant disputes with the servants.

  The guards didn't want to offend anyone, so they naturally knew who these people were!

   These are people who are called brothers and sisters on weekdays, how can they offend them?

  But if the matter is not done, they will not be able to pay the job when they go back. In the end, they are the ones who have no good fruit.

  Dang even started playing the board immediately, and after the board was played, he would wear the shackles for three days to show the public.

  The pressure is transmitted layer by layer. At this time, the guards will be determined, and there is no more sympathy.

  At the end of the month, Tongzhi Gao Xiang went to various counties to inspect the situation of land clearing.

  His chariot and horse arrived at Liulang Township, and was stopped halfway.

  But dozens of people knelt by the side of the road, shouting about the eternal injustice, and the master Qingtian made the decision.

  Gao Xiang had to get off the sedan chair.

   Then I saw an old man leading dozens of people, weeping loudly.

  He stepped forward to help the old man up, and said: "What's the matter?"

  The old man said: "My lord, please be clear, the common people can't live anymore, the tyrannical government is fiercer than the tiger..."

  Gao Xiang raised his eyebrows and said, "Trasty government?"

The old man sadly said: "The county can't help but order the servants to clear the land. This land has been cleared during the Hongwu period. Why is it cleared now? Not only that, but also said... to spread the land into the mu... little old man After several generations of business operations, I have a little bit of Susukada, and my family is also famous, and this fame is not exempt from taxation. What do you say...the government and the gentry are one, and they have to pay taxes. Is this...is it plausible? The little old man argues with it , the other party not only does not feel ashamed, but even reprimands the little old man, Master Qingtian..."

  Gao Xiang looked at the elder in front of him sympathetically, but nodded and said, "That's right."

  The old man said: "Today... the little old man has figured it out. If those dog officials don't teach me how to live well, I will fight with them. I will ask the master to make the decision today, if not..."

   "If not, how about it?" Gao Xiang said with a pleasant smile while supporting the elder's arm.

  The old man said: "If not...you can't live...Anyway, you are dead..."

  Gao Xiang said: "It's death anyway, so you still have to rebel?"

  The old man's face suddenly changed.

At the moment when these words came out, Gao Xiang's face changed, and he suddenly said angrily: "It is said that the White Lotus Sect has corrupted the village. I didn't believe it at the beginning, but I saw it today. You thief, you are so brave." How dare you threaten the government, this must be instigated by Bai Lian!"

   "Come here... These people disobeyed the military order and committed heinous crimes. They were immediately **** in the county, beaten 30 boards, and displayed to the public. I want to teach everyone in Wuhu County to take a good look at what will happen if they disobey the military order and collude with the bandits."

   "Here."

   The guards suddenly responded.

  The old man's face froze, and then he opened his eyes wide and said: "I have fame..."

  Gao Xiang said: "Dare to ask the old man what his fame is?"

   "Scholar also."

   "Which year was the scholar?"

   "Twenty-five years to Zhengzheng..."

Gao Xiang said: "That's a scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, what has it to do with this dynasty? What's more... even if you are a scholar of this dynasty, colluding with the White Lotus Sect is a crime of death. Someone who came... Go to inform the teaching and get rid of his fame, Such troublesome people are stubborn and incompetent, and should not be forgiven lightly."

   After finishing speaking, he ignored the old man, simply turned around, and went back to his own carriage.

   After getting into the carriage, he heard the clamor of the guards catching people, and there was a lot of noise, but Gao Xiang was burned, his eyes were red,

   This reminded him of his old father, who was also a famous scholar during the Zhizheng period, and he also looked like this old man.

  I'm afraid... the old man is an old man, and he will cause trouble because he clears the land and spreads it into the mu.

  In the past, he would have treated this old man with courtesy, and then...he would have been praised by everyone in the Taiping Mansion.

  But now...he has nowhere to go.

  These people are suing him. If he is a little more polite to them, they will feel that there is still hope, and more and more people will sue and cause trouble.

  At that time, not to mention sharing the land into the mu and paying the grain as a whole, it will not even be possible to clear the land.

  If things can’t be done, Wei Guogong will take his head.

  Three days ago, he received a letter from his family, which said that Duke Wei was still thinking about his mother's birthday, and ordered someone to send a big gift to celebrate her birthday...

  Thinking of this, Gao Xiang couldn't help shivering.

  The matter is obvious. He followed Zhang Anshi all the way to Heihe, and he was going to celebrate his birthday. If this can't be done, maybe... he will be labeled as colluding with the White Lotus Sect and kill his whole family.

  At this time, the old man's mournful wailing came from outside: "Gao Xiang, you dog official, you dog official..."

  Gao Xiang sat motionless, he gradually became numb, but when he heard this with his own ears, he still couldn't help feeling a little tingling.

  This is my own kind, the same kind can kill each other, listening to their roar is really heartbreaking! This kind of skin-cutting pain, taught him to calm down, and he was overwhelmed again.

  He couldn't help but want to vent, so he gritted his teeth subconsciously, and finally a sentence popped out between his teeth: "Into the **** Zhang..."

   But at this point, the words stopped abruptly. Although he was in the car and spoke very quietly, Gao Xiang suddenly swallowed the second half of the words back into his stomach, as if he had a guilty conscience.

  Finally, he couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car in front of him.

   But saw that old man and others had been restrained.

He clenched his fists tightly, with an expression of indifference on his face, and said lightly: "Stop me and be disrespectful in front of me, is this still a scholar? A scholar is sensible, and the crime is aggravated, and there is no need to send him to the county for punishment." I'm going to send it to the Qixia government office... and beat me up!"

  He paused for a moment, and then said: "His son will also be captured and punished. Anyone who violates the military law will not be spared."

  The news of this era is extremely occluded.

  But in Taiping Mansion, in the circle of scholars, the news was very well-informed, and soon, the news spread like wildfire.

   At this time, everyone realized that it was for real.

   Not only the gentry and landlords noticed something was wrong, but even the officials in the counties immediately sensed an unusual atmosphere.

This is actually very simple. After all, Gao Tongzhi used to be a good person, but now he has suddenly become like this. He works in Fucheng, so he must know something, even him. This means that this matter must be carried out. Playing tricks on this is courting death.

  So the county magistrates gathered people overnight to inquire about the work of Qingzhang, and then organized people to go to the countryside the next day to start Qingzhang vigorously. The work of Qingzhang was extremely strict.

   Another two days later, a security chief and two armor chiefs were directly ordered to be executed by the county magistrate for violating the law, and the corpses were directly hung in the county government office.

  The news spread to Qixia one by one, Qixia's side...many people already knew that the boots had fallen to the ground.

  At the moment, many dentists have started to go to the countryside to recruit strong people. This Qixia is short of people. Now that there are so many strong people, it couldn't be better.

   In the middle of the next month, Zhang Anshi stipulated that a monthly meeting be held in the middle of every month, and all counties should send people to come.

  People from all government offices are also present.

   At this time, everyone got together and no longer complained.

  People... that's probably the case. When you start doing one thing, you will get tangled and twisted. But when things go on slowly, you won't think too much about it, and you'll even find reasons for yourself.

  For example, doing this is also to eliminate the White Lotus Sect.

  Those gentry... are really too much. It is unreasonable to hide so much tax with so much land!

   Morality depends on the person. Things that used to be immoral have become moral again in this Taiping Mansion.

  In addition, Zhang Anshi organized people from various counties to study at intervals, nothing more than to teach some dangers of the White Lotus Sect, and the dangers of colluding with the White Lotus Sect after the people lose their land and become refugees.

   At this time, everyone gathered here, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious.

  Zhang Anshi had read the briefing before, and then sat down with everyone with a smile.

At this time, he said: "The situation of Qingzhang is very good, especially in Wuhu County. The number of acres of land from Qingzhang is fully doubled. According to."

  The Wuhu county magistrate smiled, and hurriedly got up: "Your official..."

Zhang Anshi squeezed his hands: "Don't say polite words. Everyone's time is very tight now. Wuhu County has done a good job, so naturally there must be rewards. I discussed with Gao Tongzhi. This year, all officials in Wuhu County will issue merit awards. The errands cost two taels of silver per person per month, everyone has to live, we can’t send hungry soldiers.”

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "As for the county magistrate of Wuhu, he is able to do things well, and this time is considered a credit. I thought about it, and I couldn't help it, so I played it yesterday. His Majesty's special decree, temporarily ordered him to remain As a title, add one rank to the rank of Cong Liu. This is a special favor from His Majesty, County Magistrate Zhou, you deserve it for your meritorious service in suppressing thieves."

  The face of Wuhu County Magistrate Zhou immediately turned red.

  From the sixth rank, he should be the magistrate of the state. Doesn't this mean that if there is any vacancy in the future, he can fill it smoothly?

   It's only been a month, and it's actually a direct promotion?

  (end of this chapter)