Hope for luck

Chapter 381
On the edge of a small river leading to Beihe, Gao Pan was standing here, directing many peasants to open the canal.

In this era, there is no such thing as precise measurement, and it all depends on human judgment. For this reason, Gao Pan spent almost a whole day here.

Although the hard labor was hard work, none of the people present shouted tired or flinched. They understood that Gao Pan was leading them and bringing in the water from the North River.

Just yesterday, Gao Pan also received a reply from the capital. It was Dong Pingzhang's reply, telling him that if the water diversion project can bring in the water from the Beihe River, the imperial court will fully support it.

Secondly, Dong Pingzhang also reminded Gao Pan in the letter that the life experience of the female thief leader must be made clear.

Otherwise, if someone finds out, not only Gao Pan will be beheaded, but even Dong Pingzhang himself will be implicated accordingly.

The last thing is about the New Deal. Dong Pingzhang told Gao Pan that the national treasury has become more and more empty because of the riots, and new income must be made to make up for it. Therefore, let Gao Pan implement the New Deal as soon as possible, preferably when the summer grain is produced. You can see the results.

For Dong Pingzhang's concern, Gao Pan had already prepared for the water diversion project. Gao Pan was full of confidence. As for Ning Yan's life experience, Gao Pan had already sent people to the capital to find 'evidence', which would definitely give Ning Yan a new legal identity.

Once several Ning family elders died, the possibility of Ning Yan's true identity being exposed was greatly reduced. Before Ning Yan and the others started the incident, only a few people knew that Ning Yan was a direct descendant of the royal family.

And Liu Yuanliang is one of them. However, Gao Pan has arranged Liu Yuanliang as the 'real' culprit, so he is not afraid of him revealing Ning Yan's identity.

The more Liu Yuanliang said that, the more Emperor Tianfeng believed that the real culprit was Liu Yuanliang, and it couldn't be someone else.

Therefore, for Liu Yuanliang, front, back, left, and left are all dead ends. Before him, Gao Pan had already prepared a 'coffin' for him.

As for the New Deal, Gao Pan had arranged for Deng Wenshan to re-measure all the fields in the county earlier in order to start implementing the New Deal.

The main purpose of the New Deal is to get money out of the pockets of those wealthy gentry, which was originally a matter of great resistance.

But Ning Yan believed Gao Pan's nonsense, and turned the butcher's knife to most of the gentry and landlords, clearing the way for Gao Pan.

As long as Deng Wenshan has measured all the land, according to the new policy, no matter whose family owns the land, they will be taxed together. Not only that, but the previous poll tax, etc., the family of the gentry and landlord must also obediently pay it.

After all, the Dayu Dynasty was a feudal dynasty, and it gave preferential treatment to the scholar-official class, that is, the ruling class. As long as they were selected as scholars, it could be seen that officials would not worship and work hard.

If you win the Juren, you can be exempted from all taxes. Many people are willing to become the tenants of the Juren, and put their fields under the Juren's name to avoid taxes. This is how many gentry landlords came.

That's how it is for jurenxiucai, not to mention the master of Jinshiguan, the number of fields under his name is unknown, and they are all tax-exempt fields.

As time went by, the gentry annexed a large number of fields, making the tax collection less and less, and the expenditure of the imperial court increased every year due to the increase of royal descendants. In this way, it is understandable that the treasury is empty.

The essence of the New Deal is to hand over all the tax-exempt land acquired by the gentry, including the poll tax, so that the gentry will lose their previous preferential treatment and have to pay taxes like ordinary people.

For this reason, Gao Pan specially replied a letter to Dong Pingzhang, mentioning the current situation in Dongshan, because of the riots, many gentry died tragically, and this is a good opportunity to implement the New Deal.

Gao Pan suggested to Dong Pingzhang that after Liu Yuanliang was captured, he would send one of their people to be the governor and immediately implement the New Deal, and the resistance would become very low.

At this time, Gao Pan, looking at the endlessly flowing Beihe in the distance, felt deeply moved in his heart.

"My lord, it's not good. Someone led soldiers to surround your backyard. My lord, go back and have a look!"

At this moment, a small official hurriedly reported the bad news to Gao Pan.

This made Gao Pan's heart skip a beat, and he asked calmly:
"Who is so bold? Don't know that the backyard is where the female relatives are, and dare to surround it?"

The little official replied with a bitter face:
"My lord, the other party claims to be your elder brother, my lord, and Mr. Jiu Bianqian, you guys can't stop me..."

Gao Pan was shocked when he heard this. If it was Gao Guangcheng, the county clerks would naturally be unable to stop him, but why did Gao Guangcheng appear in the Dantang county government at this moment?And why did he fence off his backyard?

As soon as he thought that Ning Yan was inside, Gao Pan felt a little anxious in his heart, and quickly recruited an official to let him manage the affairs here, and hurriedly rode to Dantang County.

Previously, because he couldn't ride a horse, Gao Pan rode a donkey and took five hundred Xiangyong to suppress the bandits, which made Gao Pan embarrassing.

Later, when Gao Pan was free, he learned how to ride. This time he would single-handedly ride Gao Pan, galloping freely and horizontally on the narrow trails.

He just wanted to rush back right now, he was afraid that something would happen to Ning Yan.

Before everything is settled, no one dares to guarantee 100% that nothing will happen.

At this time, Gao Pan was patting his horse fiercely, while he was already thinking about why Gao Guangcheng left and returned, and surrounded his backyard.

Gao Pan's first guess was that there was an accident in Jeju City, which exposed Ning Yan's identity, or that Gao Guangcheng and the others believed Liu Yuanliang's nonsense and believed it to be true.

But Gao Pan walked all the way and thought about it all the way, but he didn't think of any mistakes in his arrangement, unless Gao Guangcheng and the others believed Liu Yuanliang's words.

But when Gao Guangcheng and the others left Dantang County, Gao Pan had already explained it clearly to them, and Gao Qiyin believed it, but if Gao Pan didn't believe it, they would suddenly change their attitude.

Besides, Gao Pan didn't believe that Gao Qiyin and Gao Guangcheng would be the culprit for Liu Yuanliang, and they would be detrimental to him?
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, Gao Pan wished he could have wings on his back so that he could go back immediately and see what was going on.

He wasn't very worried about Ning Yan's safety. Ning Yan herself had martial arts skills, and there were no less than a hundred hidden guards around her to protect her surroundings.

Moreover, Gao Pan also ordered Gao Ming to line up some boys to guard the backyard. In addition, there are county government officers on the surface. Gao Pan feels that Ning Yan's safety is not a problem.

The biggest problem is that they are afraid that they will have a conflict, and it will be difficult for Gao Pan to deal with it, and it is wrong to help anyone.

Thinking of Gao Ming, Gao Pan was suddenly a little annoyed. Gao Ming didn't report such a thing to him in time. Instead, the county official came to tell him.

It was seventy or eighty li away from the Beihe River to the Dantang County Yamen, and it would have taken more than an hour, and if Gao Pan went back, it would have been more than two hours.

This made Gao Pan very anxious, and he was also blaming himself in his heart. If he had known this, it would be better to bring Ning Yan out, so that such a situation would not happen.

I don't know, when he goes back, will the two sides have already fought?

(End of this chapter)