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Xiao Wanquan was trembling all over, fidgeting restlessly in the study, a deep fear enveloped his heart.

"Master, there is a band of rebels coming straight to our village!"

"what?"

Xiao Wanquan's legs were weak, so he asked his servant to help him go out, and ordered the whole family to be called together.

When Zhao Han personally led the soldiers to Xiao's house, he was already kneeling on the ground before his eyes.

Zhao Han ignored these guys, but looked up at the "Zhuangyuan Temple".

This ancestral hall is very interesting. The main entrance and the side entrance are built like three archways.There are a lot of plaques, and the content is scary enough: champion, second place, Hanlin, Huiyuan, Jieyuan, Huikui, Jingkui, Da Sima, Da Sikou, Dazhongcheng, Xuezheng...all were obtained by the ancestors of the Xiao family. Glory, or the official positions held by the ancestors.

After looking up at the Zhuangyuan Temple for a while, Zhao Han finally smiled and said, "Are you going to follow the thief?"

Xiao Wanquan knelt down and kowtowed, then knelt straight and cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Zhao has a heart for all people, and spreads virtuous government. I also heard that Mr. Wen went to Fucheng, but restrained all the people in the autumn without any crime. This is really a righteous teacher, how can he be called a bandit? ?Although the old man is dull, he also knows what people want or not, and today he is just serving the Ming Lord."

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhao Han was amused by the old man and asked, "Do you know how I govern?"

"I heard something about it." Xiao Wanquan's heart beat wildly.

This guy still has illusions in his heart, thinking that Zhao Han killing the landlord and dividing the land is a means of gathering people's hearts in the early stage.Now that the governor is defeated, his power will increase suddenly, and he will probably make friends with the local gentry.

Zhao Han asked, "Would you like to donate the fields of the Xiao family?"

As soon as this remark came out, Xiao Wanquan felt desperate, and his illusion was shattered.

But he couldn't leave this place. There are Xiao's ancestral hall, Xiao's ancestral house, Zhuangyuan Temple, and countless lands of Xiao's.After leaving, can the Xiao family still be called the Xiao family?

But if they don't cooperate with the rebels, the Xiao family may be killed!

Thinking for a while, Xiao Wanquan kowtowed and said, "Mr. Xiao is willing to donate the family's property and serve Mr. Zhao from generation to generation!"

"Give up all the property?" Zhao Han asked.

"Give it all!" Xiao Wanquan bit the bullet and said.

I'll go, this is not easy to handle, Zhao Han feels a little troubled, but he hopes that the Xiao family will rise up to resist.

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhao Han suddenly laughed heartily, helped Xiao Wanquan up with his own hands, and comforted him: "The old man understands righteousness deeply, so how can I disregard human feelings. How about this, the whole Xiao family, above the age of 12, no matter men, women, old or young, Each person can reserve twenty acres of land."

Only [-] mu for each person?

Xiao Wanquan was about to cry, and forced a smile to flatter him: "Mr. Zhao is really benevolent, I am so grateful."

Zhao Han said again: "The Xiao family has to divide the family and property, excluding children, there are no more than ten people in a family."

Xiao Wanquan was about to faint and wanted to bite Zhao Han to death.

Once the family is separated, people's hearts will be scattered, and his appeal will be gone.

Zhao Han asked, "Does the old gentleman disagree?"

"Yes, I am willing!" Xiao Wanquan said quickly.

Zhao Han continued: "All the servants of the Xiao family must be released. Those who are willing to share the land, I will give them the land. Those who are willing to stay, all will be changed to servant contracts. From now on, don't beat and scold the servants at will."

Xiao Wanquan has nothing to say, if the land can be divided, how many slaves are willing to stay?

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I am short of talents, Mrs. Xiao can recommend his sons to be officials."

Xiao Wanquan seemed to come back to life again, and he would not be afraid of losing his land if he could be an official.This traitor made a big fuss, and most likely they will be recruited from now on, and Xiao's disciples will follow suit.If the rebels really took over the world, wouldn't the Xiao family be the hero of the dragon?

Xiao Wanquan straightened his back and said: "My Xiao family has one juror, seven scholars, and countless students and schoolchildren. I am willing to follow you around!"

"Are there Jinshi officials?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Wanquan replied: "The style of writing has declined, there are no non-commissioned officers for the time being, and there are still two who are promoted to be officials."

No wonder the thieves were so straightforward. It turned out that there were no Jinshi in these two generations.

As long as you are a scholar, you will accept them all.

However, these scholars cannot all stay in Yongyang Town.When allocating land to them, they must be scattered and allocated to other villages and towns, otherwise it will definitely become an internal hidden danger.

Even if they have land in Yongyang Town, they have to take back the land, at worst, they can get a few more acres elsewhere as compensation!

Zhao Han was very satisfied with the surrender of the Xiao family, and sent an order to Chen Maosheng: "Maosheng, the Xiao family's righteous deeds can be set as an example, let the missionary group report to other landlords. Also make it clear to the common people and soldiers that although the Xiao family has had bad deeds, it has already done so. Change your mind...well," Zhao Han suddenly said to Xiao Wanquan, "Old man, out of anger for the common people, can you get some housekeepers and stewards out? They cheat and exploit the people, damn it!"

Xiao Wanquan was extremely angry, and at the same time extremely terrified, because those evil slaves died on behalf of their masters.

If a few evil slaves don't die, he, Xiao Wanquan, will die!

However, if you push your confidant domestic servant to suffer, who will listen to him in the future?

It's over, it's over!

Xiao Wanquan suddenly knelt down: "The evil slave deserves to die, the old man also wants to kill him and then hurry up!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Zhao Han helped Xiao Wanquan up again, pointed to the Zhuangyuan Temple and said, "The Xiao family's ancestral house, ancestral hall, and Zhuangyuan Temple can all be kept. As for the Hall of Heroes, change to a disobedient landlord!"

With the Xiao family as an example, two-thirds of the nearby landlords volunteered their land.

Naturally, they were thinking in their hearts that Conglong's success would be excellent, and they would be able to accept recruitment in the future.If they are recruited, the allocated land can be taken back by various means.Anyway, we can't offend the rebels now, otherwise all the clansmen will be killed.

The reactions of these big landlords were completely beyond Zhao Han's expectations.

He killed many landlords in the neighboring villages and towns, but as long as the soldiers pressed the border, the landlord class was not as stubborn as imagined.Instead of resisting, he took the initiative to contribute land, and also provided a large number of scholars.

Haha, it's so interesting!

As for the remaining one-third, those big landlords who refused to follow the thieves all had clansmen who were high officials in the court.

Of course, Zhao Han would not be soft-hearted, and he happened to take these guys under his knife.

Chen Maosheng's missionary team soon expanded to 200 people, borrowing Yongyang Town and surrounding villages to train missionaries while doing work.

Zhao Han's current territory is bordered by Yongxin County (with Fei Yinggong in the middle) to the west, Anfu County to the north, and Taihe County to the south.Lushui is the dividing line in the east, and the east of Lushui belongs to the jurisdiction of the government.

To be honest, the government's territory is more fertile, while Zhao Han's territory is relatively barren, and many villages and towns have large areas of mountainous land.

But the barren land is more conducive to consolidating the foundation, cultivating officials and training soldiers, otherwise the rate of corruption will be very fast!

Zhao Han's top priority is not to blindly expand the territory, otherwise he will just stay in Fucheng.

He has to grow the mission group and train grassroots officials!

Once the power is consolidated, there is no need to send troops at all, and the farmers' association will be formed directly on the government's territory.The peasant association led the tenants to bear the rent and resist the interest rate, led the tenants to oppose the landlord, and could extend its tentacles to the three surrounding counties without occupying a single city.

The countryside surrounds the city!

This strategy is not to defeat the officers and soldiers, but to paralyze the court.

As long as the county, prefecture, and mansion are not lost, the local officials will help Zhao Han deceive the central government. Maybe after actually controlling the entire Ji'an Mansion, Emperor Chongzhen will not even know that Zhao's thief has grown.

As for the inability of the government to collect taxes?

Alas, there must be another catastrophe. Anyway, Jiangxi is like this every year, but the deportation center has less tax revenue.

Just as Zhao Han was consolidating his territory, the peasant army fleeing south had already occupied half of Taihe County.

The tens of thousands of rogues who were captured by Xie Xuelong in the north were going to be released back home to arrange farming, but now they are making trouble again.Some ran away in Anfu County, and some returned to Luling County spontaneously, asking Zhao Han to allocate land to them.

Zhao Han lacked grass-roots officials and missionary personnel, otherwise the northern and southern counties could have easily started.

Even the officials of Taihe County and Anfu County will help Zhao Han consolidate his territory - Zhao Yan, who doesn't attack the county town, is much cuter than those thieves!

Things in the world are so absurd that the government actually has a heart for Zhao Han...

Chongzhen six years, winter.

Officers and soldiers from all walks of life encircled and suppressed the thieves from the northwest, and the peasant army rushed out of the ten-way encirclement of officers and soldiers while the Yellow River was frozen.Mianchi, Lushi, and Yiyang were captured one after another, and the peasant army entered the border of Henan.

The governor of Henan was intercepted by heavy troops, and the peasant army turned southward, looting Ruzhou, Xichuan, Neixiang, Guanghua, and Nanyang along the way.

Facing the pursuit of officers and soldiers, the peasant army that had merged suddenly dispersed into several groups.Not only did they wander around Henan, but they also waited for the five-way thieves, and even invaded Huguang instead.

I can't take it anymore!

In Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Henan, and Huguang, thieves can be seen everywhere.Even in Beizhili, there are small groups of peasant troops fleeing. How can the imperial court care about Jiangxi?

Li Banghua and Ouyang Zheng, who were "invited" by Zhao Han, were provided with simple tea and light food. Zhao Han did not meet with them, but only let them observe the administration with the mission team.

At the same time, news that Zhao Han captured Ji'an Fucheng and the governor committed suicide quickly spread to the whole Jiangxi.

Everyone knows the prestige of "Zhao Yan", and it is said that he is a giant bandit who kills without batting an eyelid.

This brought about a series of chain reactions. The secret religion, which was originally developed in the countryside, took the opportunity to gather people to revolt in advance, and the religious uprisings broke out in Qianshan County and Nanfeng County at the same time.

On the other side of Poyang Lake, the uprising in Duchang County also broke out ahead of schedule, and colluded with the Poyang Lake water bandits.

If the next governor of Jiangxi is also a capable minister, he won't even bother to conquer Zhao Han.The government must first wipe out the Duchang rebels. It is so important there. Whether it is from a political, military, or economic point of view, the Duchang rebels must be put down first!

Tomorrow, it is completely disabled.

See you in the third volume

Chapter 119 [Court Hall]

Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.

Emperor Chongzhen convened the cabinet, six ministries, and six ministers to discuss matters.

Today's Ming court has entered the era of Wen Tiren, and there are a lot of cabinet ministers: Wen Tiren, Qian Shisheng (Donglin Party), Wu Zongda (Donglin Party), Wang Yingxiong, Wen Zhenmeng, He Wuzou, Zhang Zhifa (Qi Party), Lin Qiang.

There was also Xu Guangqi, who unfortunately passed away a month ago.

Among these cabinet ministers, everyone must be familiar with Wen Zhenmeng's great-grandfather, that is, Wen Zhengming, one of the four great talents in Jiangnan.

Lin Qian was also quite awesome. He accepted bribes three years ago and wrote a memorial to his victory, which roughly read: Zheng Zhilong, a righteous man, had meritorious service in surrendering Zheng Yiguan.

What does Zheng Zhilong have to do with Zheng Yiguan being a pirate?

Zheng Zhilong was whitewashed instantly!

In front of him, there are six ministers who have been summoned to discuss the matter.

Li Changgeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was "accepted by the Donglin Party", had already gotten very close to the Donglin Party in order to oppose the chief assistant Wen Tiren.

Hubu Shangshu Hou Xun, Donglin Party, father of Hou Fangyu, the fourth son of the late Ming Dynasty.

Li Kangxian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is making friends with the Donglin Party and jointly boycotting the chief assistant Wen Tiren.

Zhang Fengyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was born in the eunuch party, and was not liquidated because of his status as a border minister.

Hu Yingtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, was born in the Chu Party, and once transported 24 artillery pieces to Beijing.Those were the earliest Hongyi cannons of the Ming Dynasty, eleven of which were shipped to Liaodong, and the Battle of Ningyuan "seemed" to hit Nurhachi.

Zhou Shipu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was very close to the Donglin Party, and his main political opponent was the eunuch who supervised the Ministry of Industry and Engineering.

Zhang Yandeng, the censor of Zuodu, is a capable minister and official, and he is versatile in both civil and military affairs.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed a little tired, and said: "The bandits have entered Sichuan, Henan, and Huguang, how should we suppress the law?"

No one answered, no one dared to answer!

Emperor Chongzhen has been on the throne for several years, and the ministers have figured out the way, and now all of them are "smart and safe".

Shoufu Wen Tiren was like a Bodhisattva, standing there in a daze.

Although he cultivated party members in private, he was a lone minister on the surface and won the trust of Emperor Chongzhen.

When this person was young, he was also high-spirited, no matter his ability or means, he could be an important minister of the society to turn the tide.Moreover, he was clean and honest. Although the Donglin Party hated him deeply, they dared not say that Wen Tiren was corrupt.

A capable and honest minister who served as the chief assistant for several years at the end of the Ming Dynasty... well, he never did a single job.

Under Chongzhen, as long as they don't do business, there will be no mistakes.

If it is said that Chongzhen is an emperor who throws pots, Wen Tiren is the first assistant who does not stick to pots.

Jun Ming Chen Xian, complement each other!

To what extent is the warm body kernel non-stick pan?

He only needs to say a few good words casually, and it has no effect on himself, and he can save some officials who are really doing things.But he just didn't express his opinion, watching the ministers who did things go to prison, he was selfish to the extreme, and he didn't have the slightest responsibility as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Seeing Chongzhen looking towards him, Wen Tiren immediately looked at Zhang Fengyi.

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, could only bite the bullet and answer: "There should be a governor of five provinces to take charge of the bandit suppression in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan."