The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Liangxiang County is not poor. On the contrary, there are plenty of good farmland. The reason for its poverty is that Liangxiang has a serious donation, and there are too many imperial farms and official farms.

I heard from Mou Bin that Zhang Xian, the magistrate of Liangxiang, is a clear-minded person and treats the people well.

Yan Chengjin was afraid that Liangxiang would become a den of thieves, so the court opened its warehouses to provide relief and moved the relief point to Liangxiang. The refugees were grateful and would not think of rebellion for the time being after filling their stomachs.

But the court would not continue to provide relief.

Zhang Xian alone could not solve the problem, so Yan Chengjin had to come to Liangxiang.

Once there was no relief and no livelihood, the refugees could only starve to death.

The court did not allow refugees to beg in the capital, and some refugees went directly to Jingxiang.

Those who stayed here were all people with their families. They traveled a long distance and might die on the road. They could only stay and live one more day.

Yan Chengjin knew that what the refugees wanted was a livelihood.

The Ming Dynasty did not have large-scale heavy industry, let alone large factories that could easily absorb hundreds of thousands of people.

There was only the service industry, being a waiter or a slave, a choice between two options, there could not be more, there could not be more.

The competition in this industry was very fierce. Compared with the number of refugees, there were too few jobs available in restaurants and wealthy families.

It was not that everyone was needed, and there were also requirements for facial features.

Refugees did not farm, and could not enter the service industry, so they could only be beggars. You can't blame them for being refugees even though they had hands and feet.

Wang Shouren took out the only two taels of silver he had and handed them to them: "Thank you for the tea, big brother, this is the tea money."

Xu Si panicked: "It's just a bowl of cold water, and it was drawn from the river. How dare I take two taels of silver from you."

"…………" Yan Chengjin was glad that he didn't drink it.

Wang Shouren refused again and again, and Xu Si knelt down gratefully and saluted Yan Chengjin and others.

Wang Shouren's annual salary was only eleven or twelve taels of silver, and his monthly salary was gone.

After entering Liangxiang County, Yan Chengjin saw that many shops on the street were for sale.

The streets were not deserted, there were many refugees.

After entering the government office of Liangxiang County, he found the county magistrate Zhang Xian.

"This is Mr. Wang from Hanyuan." Yan Chengjin introduced Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren looked normal, and he was used to Yan Chengjin's operation.

"I meet Mr. Wang." Zhang Xian saluted.

Wang Shouren asked in confusion: "Why are all the shops on the street for sale?"

Zhang Xian sighed: "Refugees are pouring into Liangxiang, and it is said everywhere that this place will become a bandit's nest. Merchants dare not do business here. In addition, refugees have no money, so they just sell the shops."

"First, put these refugees in the yellow book." Yan Chengjin said.

The yellow book is the household registration of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why refugees are called refugees is because they have no household registration.

After entering the yellow book of Liangxiang County, they will be people of Liangxiang County in the future.

Zhang Xian looked at Yan Chengjin: "May I ask who you are?"

"This is the imperial censor, Lord Yan." Wang Shouren said.

Although the imperial censors of the court were more powerful than the imperial envoys outside, Zhang Xian was not afraid and asked: "If we all go to Liangxiang County, we will have no land and no land. How will we support ourselves in the future?"

These two days, refugees have flocked to Liangxiang, and Zhang Xian is overwhelmed.

In desperation, he had to let the refugees build straw huts to settle down.

Without answering Zhang Xian's question, Yan Chengjin said: "This is the court's care for Liangxiang. Liangxiang will have unlimited potential in the future."

Zhang Xian had a bitter face. You call this care, I really thank you.

Yan Chengjin said: "I have something else to ask Lord Zhang."

...

The next morning,

Zhang Xian opened the door of the government office, but was stunned.

In front of him, refugees were rushing in one direction like a flood. He quickly grabbed a person and asked, "Where are you going?"

"There are many employers over there who want to recruit workers, and they pay six cents a day!"

Zhang Xian was stunned. The God of Wealth came to Liangxiang?

Yan Mansion,

Wang Bushui took a big bundle and put it in front of Yan Chengjin: "Master, these are the deeds of the shops sold in three streets of Liangxiang. I will buy all the ones for sale."

Wang Bushui was cunning and asked the master to be closer. In order to get close to Yan Chengjin, he never called him "sir".

When he came back last night, Yan Chengjin asked Wang Bushui to rush to Liangxiang and buy all the shops that were being sold.

The real bargain price,

You'd be a fool not to buy.

Yan Chengjin felt more and more that the mansion should hire a new housekeeper.

There were so many deeds, and He Neng couldn't recognize many words, so it was easy to make mistakes.

Wang Bushui said again: "Master, there are so many shops, can you let me open a bookshop in one of them?"

"Pick the one with the best location." Yan Chengjin said.

Eighty percent of the profits of Lao Wang's bookshop belong to him, so it's only right that he should keep the best position for himself.

...

Five days have passed since the refugees were resettled in Liangxiang.

Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall.

After the morning court, Emperor Hongzhi saw an impeachment memorial on the imperial desk.

When he accidentally saw the three words "Yan Chengjin", he immediately took it seriously. It turned out that it was impeached by Yan Chengjin?

I want to take a good look!

Emperor Hongzhi opened it with a kind smile, and after a moment, his chest rose and fell violently with anger.

Mou Bin did not dare to interrupt.

He knew what was written in the memorial, which was what Yan Chengjin asked him to present.

Yan Chengjin, this guy, let the refugees resettle in Liangxiang, and then he wrote a letter of impeachment, obviously wanting to get rid of the tax supervisor in Liangxiang.

If they don't impeach him, it's fine. But if they do, they'll impeach him to death.

I don't know where they got all the evidence. They'll impeach him for any crime that's punishable by death. This is the highest level of impeachment in the court.

Mou Bin suspected that Yan Chengjin had memorized the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

When Xu Hong was the tax supervisor of Liangxiang County, he attracted local gentry to make contributions, and he was greedy and touched the commercial tax...

After reading it, Emperor Hongzhi asked with a gloomy face: "Xu Hong, is he the grandson of Xiao Banban?"

Xiao Jing was so frightened that his back was covered with sweat, and he knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, I shouted nonsense, it can't be true. I do know Xu Hong, but you can confiscate him as your grandson."

Mou Bin said: "The Jinyiwei has checked that Xu Hong has 3,000 acres of good land in Liangxiang, all of which were obtained by contributions. After taking office, he embezzled more than 10,000 taels of tax silver in Liangxiang in the name of taxation, causing Liangxiang County to owe taxes every year. It still owes 1,000 taels of silver and 9,000 stones of rice."

Yan Chengjin made sufficient preparations before impeaching him, and Mou Bin found out after following the clues.

Emperor Hongzhi looked grim and uttered eight words, which frightened everyone in the hall.

"Xu Hong's property will be confiscated and he will be executed by slow slicing."

Xiao Jing was so scared that he almost fainted. It would take more than 3,000 cuts to kill someone by slow slicing. It has been a long time since His Majesty issued an order for a slow slicing.

"Your Majesty, I really didn't know..."

Emperor Hongzhi thought of the refugees in Liangxiang County and asked Mou Bin beside him, "Has Yan Chengjin made any moves in the past two days?"

Mou Bin hurriedly said, "Before that, Yan Chengjin went to Liangxiang County."

Emperor Hongzhi said casually, "What did he go there for?"

"It seems that he bought shops. After the refugees poured into Liangxiang, the gentry sold the shops one after another. Almost all the shops on the three streets were bought by Yan Chengjin." Mou Bin said.

The little eunuch said, "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin is waiting to see you outside the palace."

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