In the county government of Ziyang County, in the hall of the back office, the county commander Guo Qingzheng held a banquet to entertain Lu Dafang, the ambassador of the Qincha sent by the imperial court to supervise local reform. Naturally, there are only a few people in Liao Liao, but all of them are the leading figures in Ziyang County.

Speaking of this Lu Dafang and this Ziyang Yang is also a very related person, he is a native of this county, and he is also the only one in Ziyang County who is now an official in the center of the imperial court, and it is also a very ironic thing to say, this Lu Dafang is the first batch of officials after Li Ru reformed the official system of the Qin State, and he can be regarded as the earliest supporters of the Li Confucian school, but when the Li Confucian school lost power and fell, he was also the first to turn against him.

Although Fan Sui, who was reappointed as the first assistant, was not ashamed of this person's temperament, he had to pinch his nose and reuse this person, which can be regarded as a horse bone in Qianjin City, dividing, co-opting, and disintegrating the original Li Confucian school, and gathering these people under his own banner, regardless of whether this person is virtuous or not, as long as he can be useful.

Lu Dafang changed the mountain gate, not only was not demoted, but was promoted to a level, this time as an ambassador to return to Shu County to supervise the local reform of Shu County, promoted to make a fortune, naturally to return to the hometown, a good show off in front of the hometown people, otherwise wouldn't it be like a brocade at night? Lu Dafang only stopped in the county for a few days, and then set the first stop in Ziyang County.

In fact, in Ziyang County, there is another famous person, if you really want to talk about it, this person can be regarded as the pride of Ziyang County, he is the former commander of the Black Ice Platform who has returned to his hometown, and the old lady Zhongli Zhong in the Guannei. However, once a son of heaven and a courtier, now the old lady Zhong went home, but the door did not go out, the second door did not step, and he concentrated on being his old lady in the house. Old lady Zhong was gone.

However, the old lady Zhong can afford this face and scene, the rest of the Zhong family can't do it, it must be on this one-third of an acre of land, the old lady is now a leader, no longer the prestige of the past, the Zhong family wants to live a nourishing life, and naturally has to have a good relationship with the county official, so at today's banquet, Zhong Kui, the head of the Zhong Mansion, was invited by Guo County to greet this Lu Qincha.

The scene in the back hall is naturally different from the current extremely depressed status quo in Ziyang County. Sheng, singing, dancing, delicious food, everything. The so-called Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, and it is no different.

Guo Qing and Zhong Kui were the leaders, and they frequently raised their glasses to toast to Lu Dafang, this time the top-down reform was menacing, and both of them were worried in their hearts, and they got some news from beforehand. Judging from the intelligence, it is extremely bad for a big family like them, and they are not afraid of clearing redundant officials, but a Juntian order is enough to make them tremble. Whether it is the Guo family or the Zhong family. In the local area, they are all big households, which family does not have tens of thousands of acres of land under their names.

"Lord Lu, what kind of charter is the imperial court this time, speaking of which, we are the humerus of the imperial court. But Fan Shoufu did this, didn't we have no way to live? Zhong Kui held the wine glass, borrowing the wine. looked at Lu Dafang and asked.

Lu Dafang didn't dare to snub this Zhong Gongzi, even if the old lady Zhong retreated, but the tiger would not fall to the ground, don't look at his old man's house now The door is not out, and the second door is not stepping, but if you really want to be more serious, I am afraid that I will not see enough.

"Zhong Gongzi, what does the old lady mean by this?" He asked Zhong Kui with a smile, "When I set off from Xianyang, Fan Shoufu repeatedly told me that this matter must be discussed with Zhong Houye, and I am about to choose a good day to visit Lao Houye!" ”

"Lord Lu has a heart, but you, don't bother about it, the old man didn't like to show his head in the first place, and now he doesn't see outsiders, you, you can't see it when you go." Zhong Kui shook his head again and again.

Lu Dafang smiled, "Old Hou Ye is really a high wind and bright festival, is all the affairs of the Zhong Master Association now handed over to Da Lang to take care of?" ”

"Yes, the old man doesn't care about anything now." Zhong Kui nodded.

"Da Lang is in his prime, both talented and virtuous, no wonder the old lady left it alone, this is a rest assured Da Lang, but unfortunately Da Lang is not an official, otherwise it must be the imperial court!" Lu Dafang continued to smile and compliment Zhong Kui.

mentioned this, Zhong Kui couldn't be happy, not that he didn't want to be an official, but Zhong Li didn't allow him to go out of the court to be an official at all, this, he didn't have a grudge against the old man in his heart, if the old man allowed him to be an official, did he still need to be so respectful to Lu Dafang? The Zhong family still has the old man now, naturally no one dares to mess with him, but once the old man is gone, there is no one to support him, I am afraid that with the current family business of the Zhong family, it will immediately become a delicacy in the eyes of many people.

"I didn't talk about it." Zhong Kui was a little depressed, "Lord Lu, let's talk about this matter now!" Lord Lu is his own person, and the Lu family is also a big Ziyang family, so I don't have to go around, this Juntian order is doing this way, isn't it going to make us all poor? We support Fan Shoufu's reform of internal affairs, but we do not approve of this kind of approach. ”

"Is this what the old lady meant?" Lu Dafang turned his wine glass, stared at Zhong Kui, and asked.

Zhong Kui hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head, "No, the old man doesn't care, that's what I mean." ”

The county commander Guo Qing continued: "Lord Lu, if according to the Juntian order, a large household like us will definitely lose a lot, in Ziyang, the current market price per mu of land is about twenty taels of silver, but the imperial court is only willing to pay ten taels for purchase, which is a loss of half in vain, and then only sold to the common people at the price of eight taels of silver per mu, the court will pay 20% for the shortfall place, 30% for the county subsidy, and the remaining 50% will be raised by the local government itself. ”

Lu Dafang smiled silently, the land price of Ziyang will not exceed ten taels of silver if it breaks through the sky now, this has to be a fat and fat place, this Guo County order doubled in one breath, but he is not afraid of flashing his tongue, of course, he will not say it, his own family is also a big family in Ziyang.

"That's it, we can't care if the court wants to make up for those mud legs, but why do we want to pay? Isn't that going to cost us money? Zhong Kui said dissatisfied.

"Although the official document of the imperial court says ten taels of silver, there is another one, which can be increased or decreased according to the actual local situation!" Lu Dafang smiled and said: "However, the price of twenty taels of silver mentioned by Guo County's order is definitely not good, and fourteen or fifteen taels are still acceptable." ”

Hearing this, Guo Qing calculated in his heart that he had about more than 10,000 acres of land in his home, and as soon as the difference between four or five taels came out, it would be forty or fifty thousand taels of silver, which could be regarded as a gift for the minister, and then for the cost of going to the top, and earning another one or two thousand taels for himself.

"Lord Lu, this field is our lifeline, not to mention anything else, this time Ziyang rebelled, if it weren't for our Lu, Zhong organized the local villagers to come out to resist, Ziyang would have been beaten down by those mud legs a long time ago, but in this way, the mud legs will have their own land in the future, if anything happens, can we still afford to summon people? Can we afford to raise a farmer? Zhong Kui didn't take the silver in his eyes, he thought further, "And Tian is in our hands, that is the matter of thousands of generations, and now that Tian has asked the imperial court to take it back, these silver is a matter of sitting on the mountain, and it is a big loss." Master Lu, haven't you thought about this? ”

Lu Dafang coughed a few times, he had already touched the bottom of these two, he was most worried that the old lady who lived at home would be a ghost, then he would sit on wax, now it seems that the old lady doesn't care about anything, this Zhong Dalang, his mind is similar to his own.

"Well, it's not hard to say." His eyes glanced at the musicians who were still dancing in the hall, Guo Qing immediately understood, waved his hand, and let these people retreat, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Lord Guo, Zhong Gongzi, we are all local old people, I won't beat around the bush, this time Fan Shoufu's reform, for us, is also a good opportunity to make a fortune!" He laughed, "Haven't you two seen through the mystery here?" ”

Guo Zhong and the two glanced at each other, "Please also ask the adults to give advice." ”

"Guo County Order, the number of acres of land you report to the county every year is a certain amount, right? I don't need to ask, I know that there is a lot of water here, but I'm afraid that there is too much land that has not been reported, right? Lu Dafang smiled.

Guo Qing laughed a few times, but did not speak.

"The focus of the imperial court is on these reported acres of land, but where are these lands, whether they are fertile land or poor land, and it is not up to you Guo County to have the final say?" Lu Dafang said.

Guo Qing's eyes lit up, and Lu Dafang's meaning was very obvious, you can use poor fields and barren fields as fertile fields, and these fields are only one or two taels of silver at best, but the lowest price when sold in this way is ten taels of silver, which will make a lot of money.

"As for that Junda Order!" Lu Dafang lowered his voice, "Several of you have a lot of land, but from now on, the imperial court will no longer allow a large number of land to be annexed, but this is not a matter of no way, each of you has a large number of tenants, and it is okay to hang these lands in their names!" ”

"That's a great trick! Anyway, it's just to deal with the top, since Lord Lu has set the plate, what are we afraid of? Zhong Kui was also overjoyed.

"I heard that because of the rebellion in Ziyang County last year, thousands of people died, and many fertile fields were barren, and there is still no owner?" Lu Dafang asked.

"This ......" Guo Qing glanced at Lu Dafang with some embarrassment, it is true that thousands of people have died, but those good fields are now also owned, of course, they are concentrated in the hands of some people.

"Do not take away the names of those who die, and put some of the fields in their names, and you will not decrease but increase your land." Lu Dafang said with a smile. (To be continued......)