Chapter 840
Three years in Taiping.
There were tens of thousands of troops besieging Jiangzhou Prefecture, but they were defeated one by one by Aaron leading the troops, and then nothing happened.
In the blink of an eye, I came to Taiping for four years.
Jiangzhou Fucheng.
A middle-aged man dressed like a merchant walked into a shop: "Are there any feathers for sale here? I want three peacocks, three white cranes, ten colorful sparrows..."
The waiting waiter was stunned, but the shopkeeper quickly nodded: "Yes, there are, but peacock feathers are precious, and they are all in the warehouse. I will personally accompany the customers to see them!"
He took the middle-aged man to the warehouse and pressed on a wall.
A passage suddenly appeared on the ground, and the middle-aged man walked in. Not long after, he came to a basement.
Oil lamps are lit in the basement, and there seems to be a breeze. The furnishings are very simple, only a bed, a table and a stool.
A young Taoist priest sat cross-legged on the bed.
"Meet senior brother!"
The middle-aged man no longer hesitated, and bowed respectfully.
Chongming Dao is divided into inner and outer sects, even if the opponent is younger, if he comes from the inner sect, he is still a senior!
"What did that thief do?"
The young Taoist opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light in his eyes, and he asked calmly.
He is the chief intelligence officer of Chongming Dao in Jiangzhou Prefecture, and the middle-aged businessman is just a busy foreign affairs disciple.
As for the 'Taoist', of course he was honest and blunt, and he was a ghost of the demon way.
Ever since Xu Lingzi invited the king's order to encircle and suppress the Five Nights faction with his armored soldiers, all the Daoists were frightened, and at the same time, this "Taoist" hat was put on.
Taishang Dao's "Road of Bombing and Killing" also shocked the world at the same time!
Aaron had also killed a real person in Chongming Dao before, and this aspect was even more bloody and bloody, so he would not be polite to him.
"The government has just posted a notice...Since the foreign government blocked the salt road, each household will be issued a salt ticket according to the household registration, and you can only buy salt with the ticket...In addition, it will forcefully kill private salt dealers!"
The middle-aged junior wiped his sweat and said.
The young Taoist was silent and began to think.
In the ancient salt and iron official camps, salt was even more important than iron, because people would have no strength if they didn't eat salt.
If you control Yanlu, you control people's livelihood!
"Liang Wang just wants to eat salt? Salt tickets for each household? No...Liang Wang's heart, I am afraid that he wants to take the opportunity to check the household registration?"
The young Taoists who were sent here obviously have certain talents, and they know that the official yellow books are not reliable.
It is really difficult to find out the household registration!
Especially those "hidden households" who have taken refuge in the landlord gentry and have never been on the official household registration yellow book!
But no matter how you hide it, these people have to eat salt!
This is to issue salt tickets according to household registration, and at the same time crack down on private salt. It is self-evident!
"This strategy is good... But if it is to be successful, there must be officials willing to implement it. Two years have passed... Are the backbone officials of the King of Liang ready?"
This is where the young Taoist is most startled.
The Taixue training is very fast, and the old brings the new, constantly replenishing newcomers, and now it has become the most important source of officials in Jiangzhou Fuzhong!
The Tai students who are trained all start as the lowest-level officials, and then they are promoted through meritorious service to serve as officials, even county magistrates, and high-level officials in the government!
The most important thing is that the Four Books and Five Classics are not taught, which caused great dissatisfaction among the scholars in the Fuzhong.
But Liang Wang and Xu Lingzi obviously don't care about this.
"The King of Liang used to emphasize the military over the civil administration... Now, the military administration is gradually becoming complete, which is really terrifying!"
In terms of military affairs, in the third year of Taiping, the imperial court sent imperial envoys to lead the surrounding army to encircle and suppress, but they were beaten to pieces, so it goes without saying.
Fortunately, Xu Lingzi seems to be not good at governing, so although the anti-king of the Jiangzhou government took the lead in the incident, it dragged on for two full years!
But now the officials are gradually enriched, which is really shocking!
"You can't let King Liang's army move at this time!"
The young Taoist quickly said: "The war in the north is about to end, and the master has made up his mind that it is necessary to mobilize the Dasong Dragon Qi to move south. Before that, we need to wipe out the southern snake dragon!"
"I heard... Yangzhou Mansion Di You has captured Zhoushan Mansion, known as the 'King of Wu'!"
The middle-aged businessman worried: "I'm afraid the next step will be to attack Jinshi City!"
For Chongming Dao, Jinshi City is the key point!
The kind that screams when you pinch it casually.
Although there is a great master who buried the treasure talisman and arranged it in advance, if other anti-kings take the lead to capture Jinshi City, seize the dragon energy of Xuanwu Lake, and break the dream of moving the capital by the way, blocking Dasong to the north, that is the most terrible thing matter.
My own orthodoxy is too deeply involved with Dasong, if I can't keep this half of the dragon energy, I will definitely suffer backlash!
On the contrary, if you keep it and open Nansong once, you can use this skill to offset most of the backlash and cut it in advance.
This is a matter of life and death for Chongming Dao!
"Don't worry, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. When King Wu may not be willing to attack Jinshi City, King Liang will stab him in the back."
The young Taoist smiled: "Let the two kings of the south fight each other, and then I, Da Song, will calmly lead the army to the south to reap the benefits of the fisherman. This is the general trend, and it is also a conspiracy!"
As he said that, he also felt strange: "If the King of Liang attacked in all directions from the beginning, with the advantage of his army, the south will be corrupted, and maybe my Dasong will really be blocked in the north... From this, it can be seen that the destiny lies in The pine is not on the beam!"
"What brother said is true!"
The middle-aged merchant was sincerely convinced, and said: "The false Liang only uses the head of Guizhou as an official, which greatly loses the hearts of the people, especially the hearts of the big households... I don't think the civil strife is far away!"
"Where did you say that?"
The young Taoist asked.
"In addition to checking the household registration, the fake Liang is still in Zhangtian recently..." The middle-aged man laughed.
"This is what it should be, but it has dragged on for two years. It's already a mess in the internal affairs." The young Taoist laughed, his tone a little relaxed.
This is the disadvantage of the pseudo-beam not accepting the big family's heart. Without the cooperation of the big family, they also secretly made troubles. Not to mention Zhang Tian before, even taxation is difficult!
The government seems to have been using the Taoist policy of governing by doing nothing, which may be due to the shortage of officials.
It was only recently that the household registration and Zhangtian actually began to be checked, and the title deed was changed.
Title deed!
This is also the key thing that represents the change of dynasty!
"The government has an order. After the survey, the old land deeds of each family will be handed over. After approval, the new land deeds will be replaced...or the official seal will be stamped on the old land deeds! After the survey of the whole government is completed, all unregistered land will be confiscated! He will be punished heavily!"
The middle-aged merchant murmured, knowing the power of it.
People's feelings for the land are far from other comparable.
And the title deed is the proof!
But it would be foolish to issue a new title and then not take back the old title.
No matter how big the people are, they can hide the old land deeds, and when the king of Liang is finished, they can take them out and continue to use them.
Since ancient times, the first thing to do in rebellion is not to let followers have a way out!
Therefore, the old land deed must be taken away, at least it must be stamped with the official seal of the new dynasty... In this way, even if the imperial court regains this place, you will be a thief if you look at the land deed!
In order to keep the land, the people can only follow Liang Wang to the end!
At least, this mood is different, and he really regards himself as a rebel!
"That's not the key point. The key point is Zhang Tian...Historically, at the end of the dynasty, there was a lot of hidden land...More than a thousand mu of land was severely punished? How heavy was the punishment?"
The young Taoist asked.
"I don't know, but King Liang's army was merciless in suppressing it... In Fuzhong County, the Zhang family, Li family, and Xie family were already accused of 'communicating with foreign enemies', and the whole family was executed!"
The middle-aged merchant shrank his head.
Among them, there are forces secretly cultivated by Chongming Dao!
"Then you have found other news, such as the Liang Wang army?" The young Taoist Sen Leng asked.
Liang Wang's army was fierce in battle, not afraid of death, and was extremely elite, which shocked many people secretly.
Moreover, if the Daoist sect makes every effort to investigate, they can always find some clues.
"There is really... the most unlikely guess, but now it seems that it is the most likely to be true... That Void Lingzi may be able to use Taoism to refine soldiers!"
The middle-aged man's body trembled: "At least you have to be enchanted by Taoism, so that you can have no fear of life and death!"
"This is impossible!"
The young Taoist gritted his teeth: "Since ancient times, Taoism and dragon energy cannot coexist! How can he be a ghost spirit? I still say that even if he can use magic to open some traps, there must be restrictions... Really tens of thousands Hundreds of thousands of troops are at war, and when it comes to the battle of the ownership of the real dragon in the world, the rejection of the Taoist will be stronger than ever, and he must not be like this!"
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Zhaojia Town.
Originally, this place was not called by this name, but later a "Zhao Juren" appeared in the town. After he was elected in the imperial court, the people took refuge in one after another, secretly sending land, and became a big family for a while.
Zhao Juren married a wife and had children, and passed on his poems and books to his family, gradually accumulating a literary spirit.
In the end, decades ago, someone from the Zhao family became a Jinshi again, and then annexed most of the nearby land, and then the town became Zhaojia Town.
Zhou Ping thought about these things silently, and brought two yamen servants to the field ridge outside the town.
These two yamen servants were all retired from the army, with knives on their waists, their expressions were cold and fierce, making people daunting.
Not only that, in order to cooperate with this land inspection, a team of Liang Wangjun was also sent to station in the town!
This is the power that makes the big family dare not play tricks and directly kill Zhang Tianli!
The sharpness of Liang Wang's soldiers has already shocked the entire south of the Yangtze River like thunder.
Not only that, but he also obeyed the command very much. The order and prohibition when he spread the whole government and killed the private salt dealers before was ruthless and terrifying!
The fields on both sides of the road are connected, and a small river like a jade belt flows slowly.
Zhou Ping’s family used to have only a few acres of Susukida. When a natural disaster happened, they couldn’t pay the taxes, so they had to borrow money and mortgage the land. Looking at these fields, there seemed to be flames in his eyes: “These are the best paddy fields!”
He just made a rough check, but he actually calculated that there was still a team of Tai students who were all capable officials in the subject of clear calculation.
But with such an acre of land, it must be Shangtian!
A housekeeper named "Zhao Da" next to him smiled all over his face: "Only the 1,200 mu of land is considered a paddy field, and beyond that, there are mountains, newly reclaimed, very barren..."
As he said that, he stuffed a piece of silver.
This silver is snow-white with patterns on it. It is fine official silver cut into pieces.
"What are you doing? Don't hurt me!"
Zhou Ping's eyes were attracted for a moment, and then he became angry.
This group of officials, especially Zhangtian officials, received a lot of wooing when they went to the countryside.
There are threats, money, fields, and even women.
It is true that quite a few officials became corrupt. With a swipe of a pen, Ueda became Nakata, Nakata became Shimota, and they even helped conceal the report together!
But it will be discovered soon, and the person in charge will be beheaded together with the landlord!
These are all bloody examples!
Zhou Ping was also relatively timid, and he was grateful for King Liang's kindness, so he didn't dare to stretch out his hand.
When Zhao Da saw this scene, he was also surprised: "This is just tea money, tea money!"
Seeing Zhou Ping's resolute refusal to accept it, and the two yamen servants behind him doing the same, they were all frightened, and secretly gasped: "I have never seen an official who doesn't take money..."
A few days later, Zhou Ping lost a lot of weight, and returned to Fucheng with the report of the farmland that the Zhao family had pledged.
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chamber.
"Prime Minister..."
Fan Jin had just finished an errand and came back to Aaron to report back, when he saw Aaron listening to Cao Man's report: "This time, all parties have cooperated in the inspection... The population inventory has also been effective, and it can increase by three or four. Cheng, this is all luck! Congratulations, prime minister, congratulations, prime minister!"
Fan Jin's heart shuddered.
If 30% more land and population are found, a lot of taxes and corvees can be collected. This is indeed strength and aura!
"hehe……"
Aaron sneered, holding a dagger in his hand, and was slowly cutting a piece of fresh meat.
At this time, with a wave of the knife, a piece of meat was thrown into the air, caught by an eagle that swooped down, and quickly ate it.
Cao Man and Fan Jin's hearts trembled, knowing that this Taoist priest has the ability to be unpredictable, so they must have discovered something at this time.
"No wonder it is said that conquering the world is easy and defending the world is difficult... These Tai students go down, those who are deceived, co-opted, and assassinated..."
"I sacrificed two years of days and a lot of manpower, and finally got a mere 30% increase?"
Aaron sneered: "This is really killing!"
The word kill made both Cao Man and Fan Jin shudder.
"It was widely advertised before, and it was pledged to claim it... If there is any concealment, it will be against the government, and its heart will be punished!"
Aaron threw out a note: "If you don't teach, punishing is abuse! But if you teach and punish, you will be upright and enforce the king's law!"
"The people above, let's go and destroy the gates one by one! All the fields will be turned into military settlements!"
When Cao Man opened it, the first thing he saw was the Zhao family in Zhaojia Town. There were two cottages hidden in the deep mountains, and the land of Xiaoyue Valley, totaling 2,000 acres!
With the previous announcement, but also deliberately concealing the land mu, it is against the government, and it is a crime!
'How did the prime minister know? But if you follow the picture, you will definitely catch the horse's feet, after all, Tian can't escape...'
Fan Jingong cupped his hands: "The Zhao family should be punished, but is it too much to exterminate the family? After all, it is a Jinshi family..."
"Don't say any more!"
Aaron waved his hand: "If they don't kill them, they will be disappointed...how can we carry out the policy of distributing the food to the mu and paying the food for one? Killing more at this time is for killing less in the future. It is a virtuous policy!"
At the same time, the heart is secretly complacent.
Although animal taming cannot domesticate too many animals, domesticating a few hawks and falcons can serve as eyeliners in the air during wartime, and can also be used as an aerial camera in peacetime!
With this, the general data of the whole government is in his heart, and he can't hide too much at all.
So when you look at the statistics, you know there must be a problem!
However, this is also an excuse to give yourself an attack!
Still the same sentence, punishing people without teaching is harmful to people's hearts, so you have to find an excuse to kill! It even forced the gentry to take the initiative to rebel!