The Princess of Northern Land

How could such a passionate person on the battlefield be willing to be restrained?

"Father." Seeing Zhang Da spit out a mouthful of old blood and fainted, all the men in the Zhang family wailed.

Chu Suifeng acted vigorously and resolutely, and wiped out all the houses that participated in the destruction. As for the side branches of several houses, as long as there were people involved, they would not be spared, while the side branches that did not participate were not implicated in any way.

This approach has won the hearts of the people to a large extent.

Inspector Shi's defection also caused an earthquake-like personnel change in the civil service of the Inspectorate. At the same time, the emerging Bai family, Ma family, Chen family, etc. replaced Zhang, Ji, Xia, etc. in the shortest possible time. The family's business, but these families did not fully accept all the business, and those businesses were distributed to other businessmen by Chu Suifeng.

As a result, Fengcheng's original structure was completely broken up.

Of course, the Zhang family, Ji family and other nobles have been rooted in the north for many years, and their roots are intricately intertwined. Even if Chu Suifeng catches them, there are still fish that slip through the net. These people would pop up to cause trouble from time to time, but unfortunately with Si Jinhan, Sima Gong and others around, these people were doomed before they even made a splash.

"Your Majesty, according to spies, King Ling has eradicated many aristocratic families in the North." In the capital, in the morning, the Grand Master went out to report to the Emperor the newly obtained news about the North.

"Prince Ling?" The emperor asked with a gloomy face after hearing this, "Why did he do this?"

"The King of Ling made reforms in the north and encouraged the people to cultivate more land. However, various aristocratic families did not agree with the new law, so the King of Ling became angry and eliminated dissidents." The Grand Master lowered his head and answered.

"Father, if King Ling expands the land in the north and he has a lot of troops, if he succeeds, it will be increasingly difficult for the court to control him." The prince came out to express his worries.

"He is my son and an official of the imperial court. How dare he?" The emperor was furious.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Hanlin Bachelor stood up and expressed a different opinion. "The climate in the north is cold, and half of the year is winter. Even if King Ling encourages the people to cultivate more land, the income will be small. Moreover, the Emperor has just issued an imperial edict. , let King Ling use taxes to replace military pay and food, and there is nothing wrong with King Ling's approach."

"Your Majesty, the climate in the north is cold and most of the things that can be grown are beans. I can be sure that even if King Ling encourages the people to reclaim land on a large scale, the annual income will not increase much." Da Sinong also stood. come out.

"Father, I feel that the North is vast and sparsely populated, has a cold climate, and is harassed by Tatars in the north. King Ling has worked diligently to guard the border towns for so many years to keep the Tatars out. If taxes are not enough to cover military pay and food, If so, it will definitely affect the safety of the border town." The Eighth Prince also stood up and said.

The prince looked at the eighth prince with a sneer, "Is the eighth prince complaining about his father's decree?"

The emperor's face turned cold after hearing this, and the eighth prince sighed secretly, but his face was very serious, "Father, please understand, I am only concerned about the safety of the border town. How much taxes there are on the Northland side, my father knows better than I do. In recent years, there have been many natural disasters in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, which has forced the imperial court to bear the military pay and food in the north. The father is also under great pressure. But since he wants the horses to run, they must be fed. King Ling encouraged the people to open up wasteland Farming is just to collect enough food and grass so that my father can solve his worries."

The emperor saw the grand and aloof appearance of the eighth prince, and thought that his son had never had any ambitions for the court in recent years. After weighing it in his mind, he agreed with the eighth prince's words, "The eighth prince is right, Prince Ling." Guarding the border town, the Tatars in the northern country have always been eyeing our great Qin. With King Ling here, I have less to worry about. Since I asked King Ling to replace military pay and food with taxes, he can do whatever he wants in his fiefdom. "