The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

After Guo Yijing saluted Yan Song, he said awkwardly: "I have something important to report to Lord Yuan Fu. It is about recruiting civilian husbands."

Ten days before coming to Tianjin, Yan Song, in the name of the Minister of Kaihai, ordered Tianjin County to conscript 10 people for the construction of the port.

Unexpectedly, it seems that the recruitment of civilian husbands has encountered serious trouble, otherwise Guo Yijing would not be so nervous.

Sure enough, Guo Yijing said ashamedly: "Tianjin County may not be able to complete the task of enlisting civil servants on time, please punish Master Yuanfu."

"Why?" Yan Song's face darkened.

"After receiving the order from the imperial court, I immediately mobilized the head of the district in Tianjin County to apportion and distribute civilian husbands. Unexpectedly, the civilian husbands here would rather pay a high fine than send someone out. If my subordinates and the head of the village force me to In a hurry, they will flee! They would rather abandon the fields and flee into the mountains than serve."

"What?" Yan Song felt that the matter was serious, and even a little weird, and stood up: "Now, it's not the time for the autumn harvest. Besides, Tianjin has a lot of saline-alkali land, and the income from farming is not high. Why are these peasants so resistant to the imperial court's confiscation? ? Could it be that someone is playing tricks in the dark?"

His first thought was that the crown prince Xu Jie was causing sabotage again, but then he thought about whether these guys have the ability to stretch their hands so long, but once he finds out, he can grab their painful feet and report to Jiajing They can't stand it.

The prince should not do such a thing.

Guo Yijing was very nervous, and smiled helplessly: "The reasons behind this are indeed complicated, mainly because of the White Lotus Sect!"

"White Lotus Sect?" Yan Song was a little surprised.

"Yes!" Guo Yijing said in a low voice, "Tianjin is located in a remote place, with barren land, severe saline-alkali land, and low crop yields. Therefore, most of the people make a living from fishing and live in poverty. The more poor the land, the more white lotus. The fertile soil of religion. Therefore, the White Lotus Sect in Tianjin is very rampant. In addition, this place is very close to Beijing. Once an incident occurs, it will pose a great threat to Beijing. There are as many as 10,000+ believers. I only learned about this information after I became the county magistrate here."

Yan Song was speechless for a while.

Your sister, by accident, chose a den of the White Lotus Sect in the land of the sea?

No wonder a capable official like Guo Yijing couldn't recruit enough civilian husbands.

The White Lotus Sect had a deep hatred with him, and it seemed that Du Diao was killed by him not long ago, and the White Lotus Sect was eager for revenge, so it was understandable that they came to make trouble.

But so what?

It is a big event to open the sea. There is no turning back when the bow is opened. The arrow is already on the string and has to be launched.

Not to mention the White Lotus Sect, even if the Virgin of the White Lotus descends to earth, she will have to fight her own way.

"Most of these peasants are followers of the White Lotus Sect? Are they not afraid of being hunted down by the court?" Yan Song said sharply.

"Actually, not all of them." Guo Yijing said in a low voice: "Most people are good citizens, but they are coerced by the White Lotus Sect and dare not refuse to do so. There are only 2 diehards. The so-called law does not blame the public, Although the imperial court ordered the prohibition of the White Lotus Sect to preach, the White Lotus Sect has already formed a climate in Tianjin, and none of the previous county magistrates was willing to poke a hornet's nest. Teach to suppress it."

Yan Song nodded: "The construction of Kaihai is imminent, and the civil servants must be in place as soon as possible. We can't delay for a day."

"But right now the White Lotus Sect is inciting the people, it's very crazy. If we send out soldiers to suppress it, there will be rivers of blood, Tianjin will not be able to restore order in a short time, and it is impossible to promote construction." Guo Yijing has a big picture: "It is estimated that the White Lotus Sect is looking at We only came out to make trouble after allowing us to open up a great cause and cast a trap."

Yan Song also felt a headache.

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Tianjin right now is full of problems and the situation is complicated.

The White Lotus Sect also got involved, instigating the people and not allowing them to serve in the army, which made it very difficult to recruit civilian husbands.

Although Qiao Zhiyong and Hu Xueyan brought the workers from the steel plant and the cement plant and they were already in place, with these workers alone, they could only operate factories and not build ports and cities.

10 civilian husbands, expropriated for half a year, this is the minimum demand.

"Ge Lao!" Jin Yiwei Lu Quan heard that the White Lotus Sect had jumped out to make trouble again, interfering with the court's plan to open the sea, and immediately stood up and said viciously: "Since the White Lotus Sect doesn't want to live anymore, let's Jin Yiwei take action and wipe them all out!"

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Before coming, Lu Quan was summoned by Lu Bing to teach him the opportunity to fully cooperate with Yan Ge Lao Kaihai.After all, the Shipbuilding Department also has Lu Bing's investment and [-]% of the shares, and Lu Bing also hopes that the Shipbuilding Department will be put into operation as soon as possible, and will continue to generate benefits.

In terms of law and order, Jinyiwei will fully cooperate with Yan Song.

"Don't worry." Yan Song shook his head and said: "Since the White Lotus Sect dared to provoke trouble, of course they have a perfect plan, and they are not afraid of us using force to arrest them. Acting rashly will only intensify the contradictions in the matter and make the people's antagonism serious, which is not conducive to our development. Hai Daye!"

"As long as we can complete the first step goal and hand over 100 million tax silver to the emperor at the end of the year, the emperor will see the sweetness. Of course, the power of the White Lotus Sect will be uprooted by the emperor!" Yan Song said lightly: " Therefore, we don’t need to go to war at this time.”

Yan Song would not do the thing of ruining a pot of soup for a mouse dropping.

"What should the civilian husband do?" Lu Quan asked with a worried face.

"How about bringing in folk husbands from outside?" Yan Song rolled his eyes: "Without Butcher Zhang, we just eat pigs with hair? There are plenty of people from Ming Dynasty!"

"It's not that simple!" Guo Yijing said helplessly, "The people in Tianjin are tough, and the White Lotus Sect has already incited them and blocked all the roads in the surrounding towns. As long as the imperial court brings in a large number of migrant workers from other places, they threaten to attack them!" .

Chapter 479 Meeting the White Lotus Sect [1]

"Rebellion?" The commanders of Zuo Xuanwuwei and Tianjinwei guards stared bull-eyed!

The commanders of the two guards commanded a total of [-] soldiers and horses, which were the troops sent by the imperial court to Yan Song to guard the field and prevent Kaihai from being attacked.In such a situation now, the two generals will of course come out to express their views.

Yan Song waved his hand: "Two generals, don't be in a hurry. I will issue an order after I think about this matter clearly."

He returned to the room, paced slowly and remembered.

Obviously, the White Lotus Sect wants to do things in Tianjin, taking advantage of the imperial court's eagerness to open the sea and create a delicate situation.

But Yan Song believes that the White Lotus Sect doesn't want to be caught in the dark. If they are determined to mess up, building their own factory at this time will already trigger a siege.But the White Lotus Sect just stood still.

They must still be hesitating about "[-]", whether it is a dead end, or a little bit of cheapness.

As long as there is still hesitation, there is discussion.

Yan Song decided to give courtesy first and then soldiers.

With a wave of his hand, Ge Nie fell down without a sound.