Tribulation of Mysteries - Chapter 842

[Chapter 840 Teach and then punish]

Three years of peace.

Tens of thousands of troops besieged Jiangzhou Prefecture, but Aaron led the troops to defeat them one by one, and then nothing happened.

In the blink of an eye, four years of peace came.

Jiangzhou Fucheng.

A middle-aged man dressed like a merchant walked into a shop: “Are there any feathers for sale here? I want three peacock feathers, three white crane feathers, and ten colorful bird feathers…”

The waiter was startled, while the shopkeeper said He nodded quickly: “Yes, yes, but peacock feathers are precious. They are all in the warehouse. I will accompany the guests to see them in person!”

He took the middle-aged man to the warehouse and pressed a button 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.

There was an oil lamp burning in the basement, and there seemed to be a breeze. The furnishings were very simple, with only a bed, a table and a stool.

There was a young Taoist sitting cross-legged on the bed.

“Greetings, senior brother!”

The middle-aged man no longer hesitated and bowed respectfully.

Chongming Dao is divided into inner and outer sects. Even if the other person is younger, he will still be a senior if he comes out of the inner sect!

“What did that Taoist thief do?”

The young Taoist opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes, and asked calmly.

He is the chief intelligence officer of Chongming Dao in Jiangzhou Prefecture. The middle-aged businessman is just a foreign affairs disciple who is busy outside.

As for the ‘Tao thief’, of course he is honest and unceremonious, he is the evil Taoist Xu Lingzi.

Ever since Xu Lingzi requested the king’s order and led the armored soldiers to encircle and suppress the Wuxia sect, all the Daoists were frightened and at the same time, they put on the label of ‘Dao thief’.

Taishangdao’s ‘method of bombing and killing’ is also powerful in the world!

Aaron had killed a real person in Chongming Dao before, and this was a blood feud, so he would not be polite to him.

“The government has just posted a notice… Because the salt road is blocked by the outer government, each household is issued salt coupons according to their household registration, and they can buy salt with the coupons… In addition, they are forcefully suppressing private salt dealers!”

The middle-aged junior brother wiped his sweat and said Said.

The young Taoist was silent and began to think.

In the ancient salt and iron government, salt was even more important than iron, because people would have no strength if they did not eat salt.

If you control the salt road, you will control people’s livelihood!

“Prince Liang just wants to reap the benefits of salt? Issue salt stamps to every household? No…Prince Liang’s intention is to take the opportunity to check household registration?”

The young Taoist priests who were sent here obviously have certain talents, and they also know that the official yellow records are unreliable.

It is really difficult to check the household registration!

Especially those ‘hidden households’ who have taken refuge with the landlords and gentry and have never been listed in the official household registration book!

But no matter how hard you hide it, these people still have to eat salt!

This is to issue salt coupons based on household registration, and at the same time crack down on illegal salt sales. It’s hard to tell what the intention is!

“This is a good plan… but if it wants to be successful, there must be officials willing to implement it. Two years have passed… and the key officials of King Liang are already in place?”

This is what scares the young Taoist the most.

Taixue trains very quickly, and uses the old to lead the new, and constantly recruits new people. Now, it has become the main source of officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture!

The students who have been trained will all start from the lowest level as petty officials, and then be promoted based on their merit 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 yet, which makes the scholars in the mansion very dissatisfied.

But Liang Wang and Xu Lingzi obviously didn’t care about this.

“The King of Liang previously emphasized military affairs and neglected civil affairs… Nowadays, military affairs have gradually become complete. This is really terrible!”

In terms of military affairs, in the third year of Taiping, the imperial envoys were sent by the imperial court to lead several armies in the surrounding areas for encirclement and suppression, but they were beaten to a pulp. Needless to say, .

Fortunately, Xu Lingzi didn’t seem to be good at governance. As a result, although the rebel king of Jiangzhou Prefecture took the lead in taking action, it took two years!

But now the number of officials is gradually increasing, which is really shocking!

“We can’t let King Liang’s army move at this time!”

The young Taoist said quickly: “The war in the north is about to end, and the division has made up its mind to mobilize the dragon spirit of the great pine trees to move south. Before that, the snake dragons in the south need to be wiped out first!”

“I hear it. Said… Yangzhou Prefecture Di You has captured Zhoushan Prefecture, known as the ‘King of Wu’!”

The middle-aged businessman said worriedly: “I’m afraid that the next step will be to attack Jinshi City!”

For Chongming Road, Jinshi City is the key!

The kind that makes you squeal if you pinch it casually.

Although there are treasure talismans buried by the Grand Master and arranged in advance, it would be the most fatal if other rebel kings capture Jinshi City first, seize the dragon energy of Xuanwu Lake, interrupt the dream of moving the capital, and block Dasong in the north. matter.

My own orthodoxy is too deeply involved with Da Song. If I cannot keep this half of my dragon energy, I will definitely suffer backlash!

On the contrary, if you save 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 on Chongming Road!

“Don’t worry, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. King Wu may not be willing to attack Jinshi City when King Liang stabs him in the back.”

The young Taoist smiled and said, “Let the two kings in the south fight, and then I, Da Song, will calmly lead the army south and catch the fishermen. This is a general trend and a conspiracy!”

He said, and felt strange: “If the Liang King attacks from all sides from the beginning, with the advantage of his army, the south will definitely be devastated, and maybe I, Dasong, will really be blocked. He died in the north… It can be seen that the destiny lies in Song Dynasty and not in Liang Dynasty!”

“What the senior brother said is true!”

The middle-aged businessman was convinced and said: “The puppet Liang Dynasty only uses Guizhou leaders as officials, which is very disappointing to the people, especially among the big families. “Heart…I don’t think it’s far from internal chaos!”

“Where does this come from?”

the young Taoist asked.

“In addition to checking the household registration, Puppet Liang has also recently been in Zhangtian…” the middle-aged man said with a smile.

“This is what it should be. It has been delayed for two years, and the internal affairs are already in chaos.” The young Taoist said with a smile, his tone a little relaxed.

This is the disadvantage of the Puppet Liang’s unwillingness to accept big households. Without the cooperation of big households, they also secretly made trouble. If they didn’t talk about land ownership before, even taxation was difficult!

The government seems to have been adopting the Taoist strategy of governing by doing nothing, which may be due to the shortage of officials.

Only recently have we really started checking household registrations and land, and changing land titles.

Title deed!

This is also a key thing that represents the change of dynasty!

“The government has an order. After the survey, each family’s old land deeds will be handed over. After approval, they will be replaced with new land deeds…or the official seal will be stamped on the old land deeds! When the whole government’s survey is completed, all unregistered land will be confiscated! Anyone who conceals more than a thousand acres of land will be confiscated. There will also be heavy fines!”

the middle-aged merchant murmured, knowing that this was serious.

The people’s feelings for the land are far beyond comparison.

And the title deed is the proof!

But if a new title deed is issued and the old title deed is not taken away, that would be an act of fool.

No matter how big the people are, they can hide the old land deeds, and when the day comes when King Liang is finished, they can take them out and continue to use them.

Since ancient times, when rebellions started, the first thing to do is not to give followers a way out!

Therefore, the old land deed must be collected, or at least stamped with the official seal of the new dynasty… In this way, even if the court regains this place later, once you look at the land deed, you will be a thief!

In order to keep the land, the people had no choice but to follow King Liang and fight to the end!

At least, this mentality is different, and I truly regard myself as a rebel nation!

“This is not the key. The key is the land… Historically, towards the end of the dynasty, a lot of land has been concealed… More than a thousand acres will be severely punished? How heavy is the punishment?”

The young Taoist asked.

“I don’t know, but King Liang’s army was merciless in suppressing it… Previously, in Fuzhong County, the Zhang family, Li family, and Xie family were accused of ‘communicating with foreign enemies’ and their entire families were executed!”

The middle-aged merchant shrank his head. .

Among them, there is the power secretly cultivated by Chongming Dao!

“Then have you found other information, such as the Liang Wang army?” the young Taoist asked coldly.

King Liang’s army was fearless in battle and was extremely elite, which shocked many people secretly.

Moreover, if the Taoists try their best to investigate, they can always find some clues.

“There really is… the most improbable guess, but now it seems that it is the most likely to be true… That Xu Lingzi may be able to refine weapons with Taoism!”

The middle-aged man trembled: “At least he can also use Taoism to refine weapons. Only

when you have a clear mind can you be fearless of life and death!”

“This is impossible!”

The young Taoist gritted his teeth: “Since ancient times, Taoism and Dragon Qi cannot coexist! How can he be so virtuous? The technique has opened some traps, but there must be limitations… When tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of armies are involved in the battle, the rejection of the Taoist will be unprecedentedly strong, and he will definitely not be able to do this! “

…

Zhao! Home town.

Originally this place was not called this name, but later a “Zhao Juren” appeared in the town. After winning the imperial examination, the people came to join him one after another and gave their land to him, and he became a big family for a while.

Zhao Juren married a wife and had children, passed down his poems and books to his family, and gradually accumulated literary talent.

Finally, decades ago, another member of the Zhao family became a Jinshi, and most of the nearby land was annexed, and the town became Zhaojia Town.

Zhou Ping silently thought about these things and took two government officials to the fields outside the town.

These two government officials were retired from the military. They were carrying swords and looked cold and fierce, which was intimidating.

Not only that, in order to cooperate with this inspection, a team of Liang Wangjun was also dispatched and stationed in the town!

This is the power that prevents big households from playing tricks and directly kills the landowner!

The power of King Liang’s military force was already thunderous throughout Jiangnan.

Not only that, he was also very obedient to the command. He had previously spread the orders throughout the government to kill the private salt dealers, and he was so ruthless and cruel that it was horrifying!

The fields on both sides of the road are connected, and a small river like a jade belt flows slowly through.

Zhou Ping’s family originally only had a few acres of thin farmland. When there was a natural disaster and he couldn’t pay the taxes, he had to take out a loan and mortgage the land. Looking at these fields, his eyes seemed to have fire: “These are all good paddy fields!”

He only made a rough inspection, and actually calculated that there was a group of Tai students, all of whom were capable officials in one subject.

But with such an acre of land, there is no doubt that it must be cultivated!

A steward named ‘Zhao Da’ next to him was all smiles: “There are only 1,200 acres of paddy fields near the coast. Beyond that, there are mountainous areas, newly reclaimed, and very barren…”

As he said, Push over a piece of silver.

This silver is snow-white, with patterns on it. It is cut from the finest official silver.

“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 took office, especially the field officials, and they received a lot of wooing when they went to the countryside.

There are threats, money, farmland, and even women.

It is true that many officials have become corrupt. With a stroke of a pen, the upper field becomes the middle field, the middle field becomes the lower field, and they even help to hide the report!

But he will soon be discovered, and the businessman will be beheaded along with the landlord!

These are all bloody examples!

Zhou Ping was also timid. He was grateful for the kindness of King Liang and did not dare to reach out.

When Zhao Da saw this scene, he was also surprised: “This is just tea money, tea money!”

Seeing that Zhou Ping refused to accept it, the two government servants behind him were also frightened, and secretly exclaimed: “Officials who don’t accept money” , I have never seen it before…”

A few days later, Zhou Ping, who had lost weight all over, returned to the city with the report of the land that Zhao Jihua had pledged.

…

the chamber.

“Prime Minister…”

Fan Jin had just finished one thing and came back to find Aaron. He saw Aaron listening to Cao Man’s report: “This time, all parties cooperated in the land inspection… The population census also had an effect. It can be increased by 30% to 40%, this is all Qi! Congratulations to the Prime Minister, congratulations to the Prime Minister!”

Fan Jin was shocked.

If you find 30% more fields and people, you can collect a lot more taxes and corvees. This is indeed strength and energy!

“Haha…”

Aaron sneered, holding a dagger in his hand and slowly cutting a piece of fresh meat.

At this moment, with a wave of the knife, a piece of meat was thrown into the air, and was caught by a swooping eagle, who quickly ate it.

Cao Man and Fan Jin were shocked, knowing that this Taoist priest had unpredictable powers, and they must have discovered something at this time.

“No wonder it is said that it is easier to conquer the world than to defend it… These imperial students were deceived, drawn in, and assassinated…”

“I, Daliang, sacrificed two years and a lot of manpower, and finally got a mere 30% increase. ?”

Aaron sneered: “This is really killable!”

The word “kill” made both Cao Man and Fan Jin shudder.

“We advertised it widely before and put people in custody… If we conceal the report again, we are fighting against the government, and we will be punished!”

Aaron threw out a tip: “Punishment without teaching is abuse! But punishment with teaching is upright. “Enforce the king’s law!”

“People here, go and destroy each family! Turn all the fields into military camps!

” , and the land of Xiaoyue Valley, totaling two thousand acres!

Having made a previous announcement and deliberately concealing the land is a crime against the government!

‘How did the Prime Minister know? But if you follow the diagram, you will definitely catch the trap. After all, Tian can’t escape…”

Fan Jingong handed over his hand and said, “The Zhao family deserves to be punished, but is it too much to destroy the family? After all, it is a family of Jinshi…”

“No need to say more!”

Aaron Waving his hand: “If you don’t kill them, they will feel chilled… How can we implement the policy of sharing the land with each farmer and paying for the food as one? Killing more at this time is to kill less in the future. This is virtuous policy!”

At the same time, I felt secretly in my heart. contented.

Although the animal taming technique cannot tame too many animals, taming a few falcons can serve as an aerial eyeliner during wartime, and can also serve as an aerial camera in the field at ordinary times!

With this, the general data of the whole government is in his heart, and he can’t hide much at all.

So when you look at the statistics, you know there must be a problem!

However, this just gives me an excuse to have a seizure!

As the saying goes, killing 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!

(End of chapter)