Anshan Station, a few miles northeast, are fertile fields by the river.

When Wang Yuan crossed the bridge on horseback, he suddenly stopped and said to the old farmer who was harvesting sorghum: "This old man, we are Shuntian scholars, and we have come to Liaodong to study this time. Can I ask for water? ”

"On the edge of the ridge, the husband will take it by himself." The old farmer pointed with his hand.

Wang Yuan paced over and found a crockpot, so he pretended to drink water and talked casually: "This year's harvest is good." ”

The old farmer muttered, "No matter how much grain you collect, it's not mine." ”

Wang Yuan took the opportunity to ask: "Whose field is this?" ”

"The Qu family," the old farmer pointed around, "the land within a radius of one or twenty miles is all from the Qu family." I used to be a soldier, and my ancestors were given fifteen acres of land. Tuntian couldn't afford to pay the grains, so he could only sell the land and give the Qu family tenant farming to live. ”

Wang Yuan asked again: "Is the Qu family an official?" ”

The old farmer replied: "I used to be a merchant, and then I became a commander. ”

During the orthodox years, Liaodong was in an emergency, and the imperial court was short of troops.

So the emperor issued an edict, ordering the people of Liaodong to recruit warriors, and those who can gather 10,000 troops will be given commands, and those who can gather 1,000 troops will be awarded 1,000 households...... And so on, pulling ten people to be soldiers can be used as small flags. The Jingtai and Hongzhi dynasties also often "recruited" troops in Liaodong, just because the phenomenon of military households fleeing was too serious.

The richest man in Liaoyang, Qu Leqi, gathered tens of thousands of troops in the orthodox dynasty, and actually commanded the envoys, and the family continues to this day, with the most fields in Anshan.

Wang Yuan rode across the bridge on horseback and headed for Liaoyang, pausing from time to time to chat with the locals.

After approaching Liaoyang, by inquiring about the ownership of the land, you will know who is in charge of this place - it is all the land of the Han family, the Cui family and the Ma family!

The current Liaodong commander-in-chief is called Han Xi, his father was a general of Liaozhongwei, his grandfather was the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and his two sons are all military attachés above the fifth grade.

The deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong is called Cui Xian, his father was a general of Kaiyuan, and his grandfather was the capital of Liaodong.

The ancestor of the Ma family is called Ma Yun, the official to the governor of Yipin, and he is the first governor of Liaodong. The Ma clan has long since branched out, and there are clansmen in all parts of Liaodong, and they serve as the chief officials of many guards.

According to Wang Yuan's casual inquiry, it is estimated that the official tuntian near Liaoyang has been at least more than sixty percent occupied!

Disciple Wang Chong sighed and said: "This Liaodong has accumulated deep shortcomings, and sooner or later something big will happen." ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "The hereditary military attache has become powerful, no wonder the successive governors have called the Liaodong clan 'powerful family' and 'powerful clan'. ”

Wang Chong said: "With power, wealth, food, soldiers, and land, he is indeed a 'powerful man'. ”

Power, wealth, soldiers, grain, and land, all of these five categories, can be called a great family.

The Liaodong military generals family has accounted for all these five categories, and they are particularly hereditary!

It is different from Tusi, who is suspicious of the imperial court, and all dynasties have been guarded against and suppressed.

is also different from the military generals in other places, each border town has a state and county, and the soldiers and civilians are mixed to live together - in Liaodong, there is only a guard house, you either be a military household, a craftsman household, a stove household, or you can get out and be a homeless savage, there are no normal households at all!

Theoretically speaking, the military generals of Liaodong can develop all the Han people here into their own serfs!

The dilemma in Liaodong is not outside, but inside.

Even if Wang Yuan kills Nurhachi's ancestor, Nurhalu and Nurhabai may appear. Without Huang Taiji, there are also Black Taiji, Zitai Ji, and Qingtai Ji.

Wang Yuan asked, "Zhongde, how do you think we should solve the hidden dangers in Liaodong?" ”

Wang Chong thought hard for a long time, and when he saw Liaoyang City, he replied: "Open a mansion, establish a state, and set up a county!" ”

Wang Yuan was pleased and praised: "Zhongde has a talent with good looks, and he will definitely enter the cabinet one day!" ”

Hearing Wang Yuan's praise like this, the other disciples were surprised and envious.

Wang Chong arched his hand and said, "Mr. praised it falsely." ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not too famous. Liaodong, as Zhong De said, can completely reform the military system, but it is impossible to solve the substantive problems, and it is necessary to establish prefectures and counties. Otherwise, the people of Liaodong will be difficult to become kings, and they will respect military attachés for generations. ”

Disciple Fei Yuan interjected: "I'm afraid it's a bit impractical to set up a county in Liaodong Kaifu. ”

Wang Yuan analyzed: "We must first recover the land of Duoyan Sanwei, at least Daning City." As soon as Daning is restored, there will be half less foreign enemies in Liaodong, and then the opening of the prefecture and the county will be able to do it slowly. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true." The king worships the clothes.

Wang Chong's opening of the government and the establishment of counties is fundamentally different from the transformation of land and return to the river in Yunnan and Guizhou.

In the major cities and regions of eastern Liaodong, the number of Han people has long been enough to establish states and counties. The reason for the delay is because of the ancestral system, the second is because of foreign enemies, and the third is because the military general's family has become a trend.

Therefore, it is necessary to recover Daning City and solve the most serious external troubles.

Then, in the area near Hebei, the county was slowly established and extended to the past.

In the end, it is to raise troops to fight and suppress the generals who want to rebel.

Historically, during the Jiajing period, Yushi Lu Jing wanted to rectify Liaodong. He didn't say anything about the removal of the garrison and the establishment of the county, he just wanted to take back the official pastures and reduce the remnants of the army (in fact, to free the serfs), which led to the Liaodong Mutiny.

Those generals instructed the soldiers to mutiny, beat the officials, demolish the yamen, and burn the books. Lu Jing, the right deputy imperial envoy and governor of Liaodong, was arrested and took off his clothes and insulted, and after being beaten, he was locked up in the mansion of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division. The generals colluded with the eunuchs to frame Lu Jing on fabricated charges, and successfully got the imperial historian to be exiled to the army.

If Wang Yuan wants to reform the maladministration of Liaodong, he must be authorized by the emperor, who dares to play a mutiny and suppress it directly by force!

Moreover, it is also necessary to control the military department, because "all the people in Liaodong are soldiers". Once the garrison is withdrawn and the county is established, it is equivalent to seizing power from the hands of the military department, and the military department will directly fry the pot.

Between the master and apprentice chatting, they have come to Liaoyang City.

At this time, Liaoyang belonged to the ruling core of the entire Northeast, with a city of twenty miles, a city height of three feet and three feet, and a moat five feet deep.

"Lu Yin!"

It is estimated that the emperor lived in the city, and the city gate inspection was relatively strict.

Wang Yuan took out his official card, and the defenders saw that it was the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and hurriedly ran to report the news while welcoming him into the door.

Not long after, Liaodong commanded Wang Xiaozhong and Zhu Lin, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and rushed to greet them with their entourage.

"Meet the king!" The two of them greeted each other.

Wang Yuan returned the salute slightly and asked, "Your Majesty is in Liaoyang?" ”

Zhu Lin replied: "In the Liaodong Capital, three thousand battalions are also stationed in the city. ”

Wang Xiaozhong behaved very humbly, and said shortly: "Wang Shilang, please." ”

Wang Xiaozhong, the commander of Liaodong, is the highest military and political commander in Liaodong, but he cannot directly lead the troops to fight, and the power to command the troops is in the hands of Han Xi, the general army of Liaodong.

This year's Liaodong chief is all locals!

All commanded Wang Xiaozhong's military registration in Dingliao Guard, that is, his family lived in the north of Liaoyang City. The military registration of the chief soldier Han Xi is in Dingliao Zhongwei, that is, he lives in Liaoyang City.

This is an extremely irresponsible personnel appointment, and the two of them have no outstanding achievements, relying on family power, connections and bribery. In this way, they were in charge of Liaodong, and what they thought about all day long was not to train troops to resist the enemy, but how to invade more tuntian, enlist more soldiers, and promote more clansmen.

Wang Yuan rode a horse while observing the situation in the city, and asked casually, "What about General Han?" ”

Wang Xiaozhong replied: "General Han is very old, and it was too cold last winter, and he was not very good after he fell ill, so he didn't come to greet Wang Shilang today. ”

Wang Yuan smiled silently.

Liaodong General Army, it's time to replace.

If it's really old and frail, why do you want to do anything? If you are deliberately playing the score, then you have to replace it, which shows that the Han family is already very difficult to control!