On the first day of the second month of the first month, Chen Lang of Yingchuan County personally came to the Governor's Office to discuss with Zhao Yu the land disputes in Yanling, Linying, Dingling, Zhaoling and other counties.

Zhao Yu is no stranger to the dispute over the fields in various counties, which is a mess left by the rebels.

In the past, at least half of the fields in each county were concentrated in the hands of local families, and many civilians who did not have land had to pay a high price to rent the fields of these families, otherwise they would not be able to survive.

However, the arrival of the rebels broke this situation, and the rebels almost killed most of the big families and distributed their fields to the civilians, so that the counties returned to the era of '100 acres of land per capita' almost overnight, and the people's hearts once fell to the rebels.

Of course, Yingchuan County will not recognize the various decrees issued by the rebels, since Yanling, Linying, Dingling, Zhaoling and other places have been recovered, then it is necessary to take back the 'illegally gained' fields from the hands of the civilians in each county, as was the case in Yingyin, Yingyang, Changshe and other counties before, and those who can be returned to the old owner will be returned to the old owner, and the old master will have the government confiscated if the old master is deceased.

Of course, if the commoners of each county must want to keep their illegally acquired land, Yingchuan County can also allow it, but the premise is that 'applying to the government for additional land' requires paying up to 80% of the land harvest to the government and cultivating it for seven consecutive years, during which time it cannot be transferred, abandoned, or sold.

After seven years, the additional land obtained from the government is officially owned by the commoners.

This is exactly the decree issued by Chen Lang of Yingchuan County the year before last, which not only appeased public opinion to a certain extent, but also allowed the government to recover a large amount of land and become official land.

Official land, as the name suggests, is the land that belongs to the government, and the harvest in the field is naturally owned by the government after removing the field tax.

Considering that in the past two years, the imperial court has suspended the collection of land taxes from individual counties, including Yingchuan County, because of the problem of the rebels, and the interests of Guantian are very profitable, not only Zhao Yu, but many people are eyeing this piece of fat.

After all, thanks to the rebels, the amount of official land that can be recovered in each county is considerable, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 mu in Changshe County alone.

70,000 acres!

And that's just in Changshe County.

In addition, there are Yingyin, Yingyang, Yanling, Zhaoling, in short, as long as the county has been captured by the rebels, Yingchuan County can recover a considerable amount of 'illegal land' and turn it into official land.

The number is so large that I am afraid that there are not millions of acres.

Just ask, how many people can not be tempted?

Take a little bit from it, even if he is stabbed to Li Junshou's side, Li Junshou will turn a blind eye, after all, this is the normal state of officialdom, as long as it is not too much, Li Junshou will not care.

To be honest, in fact, as early as last year, there was a group of people who wanted to move this piece of fat, but because Taishi Chen lived in Zhao Yu's mansion intermittently last year, these people never dared to do it - the people mentioned here include the officials of Yingchuan County, as well as the families of Xuchang and even the counties.

Even, including Chen Lang himself, who is now the county leader.

However, the only people who can make a decision in this matter are the county guard Li Min, the commander Zhao Yu and the county captain Chen Lang.

Among the three of them, Li Junshou has gradually become less in charge, and he either drinks tea in the party room every day, or wanders around the garden, worrying about his daughter's marriage, and the military and political affairs have basically been handed over to Zhao Yu and Chen Lang.

In other words, as long as Zhao Yu and Chen Lang reach an agreement, this matter can basically be operated in the dark.

I have to say that Chen Lang is indeed very smart and very familiar, and he hinted to Zhao Yu in his words that he could 'erase' 50,000 mu of it as private land in Zhao Yu's mansion.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Fifty thousand mu, this is not a small amount, if it is known by the imperial history of the central government, I am afraid that I, the captain, will not be able to keep it......"

But to tell the truth, with Zhao Yu's status and identity today, even if the imperial history of the DPRK and China learns about it, it is still a question whether he dares to track it down, after all, behind Zhao Yu now, there is Taishi Chen.

But the problem is that the imperial history of the DPRK and China does not dare to check, it does not mean that others dare not check, such as Chen Taishi.

That old man has always been upright, if he learned that his newly acquired righteous son was greedy for 50,000 acres of officers and soldiers, I believe that the old man would immediately transfer Zhao Yu into his account as a general, so that Zhao Yu could only be forced to be led by the old man to fight in the south and north, and no longer have to expect to get any benefits in the local area.

Zhao Yu was reluctant to take the position of the lieutenant of Yingchuan.

As if he had guessed Zhao Yu's thoughts, Chen Lang smiled, lowered his voice and said, "We can stuff these 50,000 acres of land to Cao Suo...... What does the former Governor Cao Suo's greedy field have to do with Zhou Duwei? ”

Hearing this, Rao is Zhao Yu couldn't help laughing, and secretly praised this Chen Lang's wit in his heart.

According to Chen Lang, the 50,000 acres of land was owned by the former governor Cao Suo, and he Zhao Yu just 'took over', even if he was found in the future, he would not be able to punish him, which was really the best of both worlds.

However, although this idea was good, Zhao Yu was not moved.

Because he wants more!

"I want half of Guantian!" He looked at Chen Lang Zhengse and said.

“……”

Chen Lang was simply stunned.

Half of the official field? Isn't that at least 500,000 acres?

It's not such a greedy law!

"Captain, think twice." Chen Lang persuaded with a serious expression.

500,000 acres of land?

Don't say anything about the imperial history or the imperial history, he doesn't know how to report to Li Junshou.

"Don't get me wrong."

Just when Chen Lang's head was sweating anxiously, he heard Zhao Yu add with a smile: "Of course, this half of the official field, I refer to the Governor's Office, not me." ”

Yes, Guantian belongs to the government, but as the highest official office of Yingchuan County, it is divided into the county guard office and the metropolitan governor's office, the former is responsible for internal affairs, including building roads and water conservancy, while the latter is mainly responsible for suppressing thieves, anti-theft, and public security.

If the income of the official field goes to the county guard, the county guard will undoubtedly have more money to deal with the people's livelihood problems, on the other hand, if the income of the official field goes to the governor's office, Zhao Yu, who served as the governor, can use it to raise the army and even expand the county army.

As for Zhao Yu himself, he still doesn't look down on those hundreds of thousands of acres of land - his ambition is even greater!

"To the Governor's Office?"

Chen Lang breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat on his head with his cuffs.

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and said solemnly: "I'm afraid that Jun Cheng has heard about it too, right?" In Henan County and Yique in the western part of Henan County, a group of mobs appeared last year, looting the county warehouse and occupying the mountain as thieves; There are also Langling thieves in Runan County, Biyang thieves and Fuyang thieves in Nanyang County, these three groups of thieves gathered in Woniu Mountain, and they rushed into my Yingchuan a while ago, harassing the Wuyang area, but fortunately they were repelled by Qin Yu and Qin Shizhi who were stationed there...... I thought that this year could be a year of turmoil, so I had the intention to expand the county army, raise the army with official fields, and garrison the county border to prevent thieves from disturbing my Yingchuan! ”

"I see."

Chen Lang suddenly realized.

For a moment, he thought that the Zhou Duwei in front of him was a stupid greedy man, but he didn't expect that people were not for himself at all.

It's just that this thing is a bit inappropriate, or illegal.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the army cannot directly control the field, after all, the army has the field, it is difficult to control loyalty, similar to the military market, the reason why Wang Shangde, the general of Nanyang, was able to build a military market, is completely because his uncle is the prince of the dynasty.

Although the county army is not a regular army, it can't jump out of this limit, in the past, it was allocated by the county guard to pay food and salary, if the Governor's Office gets half of the official land, to put it mildly, the Governor's Office can not be controlled by the county guard's office, Chen Lang himself doesn't care, but he is worried that Li Junshou will not be able to pass the pass.

Don't look at Li Junshou now, he is gradually not in charge of things, but letting the county army control the official field is still inseparable from this county guard after all.

He hesitated and said, "Lord Gunden, how do you explain it?" ”

However, Zhao Yu had already prepared for this.

He did not intend to let the Governor's Office take over half of the official fields of each county, but was ready to put the county lieutenants of each county in charge.

The county lieutenants of each county are not nominally subordinates of the lieutenants, but the adjutants of the county orders of the counties, and there is no actual relationship between the lieutenants and the county lieutenants, but, considering that the county lieutenants in Changshe, Yingyin, Yingyang, Linying, Dingling, Zhaoling and other places are all the people installed by him Zhao Yu, this is not much different from Zhao Yu's direct control of the half of the official field.

The difference is only one violation and one non-violation.

He smiled and said to Chen Lang: "This matter is easy. …… Later, you and I will go to meet the county keeper together, and I will personally persuade you, and you can say a few words for me during this period. ”

Chen Lang nodded, naturally without a word.

Without further ado, Zhao Yu immediately took Chen Lang to meet the county guard Li Min.

After meeting Li Min, Zhao Yu exaggerated the matter of the 'Woniu Mountain Thieves'.

Sure enough, Li Junshou attached great importance to it, and immediately frowned and said: "The thief should not be tolerated, Zhou Hu, I order you to immediately lead troops to exterminate him." ”

If the thief is tolerated, it will lead to a big trouble.

Li Junshou has personally experienced this, although the Zhou Hu in front of him has now become his subordinate, he is not old enough to forget the example of the 'black tiger thief' back then.

Although this Zhou Hu has a heart for the imperial court, he can't expect the thieves in Woniu Mountain to understand the righteousness as well as this Zhou Hu, right?

Hearing Li Junshou's words, Zhao Yu said in embarrassment: "My lord, please calm down, Woniu Mountain is located in Runan County, and Runan County is now governed by General Zou Zan and General Zou of Huben Zhonglang. ”

"Hmm......"

Li Min, who was already soft-eared, was immediately hesitant by Zhao Yu.

Indeed, Runan County is now governed by Hu Ben Zhonglang General Zou Zan, if he Yingchuan County rashly sent troops across the county to encircle and suppress the thieves in Woniu Mountain, wouldn't this be a slap in the face of Zou Zan?

At that time, Nanyang general Wang Shangde crossed the county to encircle and suppress the black tiger thieves, which made Li Min himself very unhappy.

With his own life, Li Min can't bear Zou Zan's attitude at that time.

Although he is a fellow with Taishi Chen, he is not afraid of Zou Zan, but there is no need to make each other look bad, right?

Seeing Li Min's hesitation, Zhao Yu took the opportunity to say again: "Moreover, Woniu Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, not inferior to Yingshan, if we wait for Xingshi to mobilize the crowd to encircle and suppress the group of thieves, those bandits will inevitably escape...... To put it mildly, the lowly post has also gone astray, and the lowly post knows very well the tricks of those bandits, and I will never believe that they will stupidly sit and wait for the officers and soldiers to go to encircle and suppress, and they will inevitably flee into the mountains and wait for the officers and soldiers to retreat. If this is done repeatedly, even if the labor army loses money, it will be difficult to eradicate the thieves. ”

"Hmm......"

Li Junshou glanced at Zhao Yu thoughtfully.

That's right, the subordinate in front of him was the 'giant robber' in Kunyang back then, Kunyang County united with neighboring counties to encircle and suppress five times, and suppressed it for more than three years, but the result still did not exterminate the black tiger thief.

If the group of thieves in Woniu Mountain are also as difficult as the black tiger thieves, it is indeed a huge hidden danger.

"So what do you say?" Li Min asked with a frown.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu chuckled and said: "In this world, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days?" He thought that instead of working hard again and again and losing money and sending the county army to encircle and suppress the thieves in Woniu Mountain, it was better to impose the county troops in Wuyang, Dingling, Zhaoling, Yuncheng and other places. …… In the early part of this month, the thieves in Woniu Mountain harassed Wuyang County, and they were repelled by Qin Wei, a lowly corporal, who led only 500 county troops to Woniu Mountain and killed more than 200 thieves. …… If Wuyang, Dingling, Zhaoling, Yuncheng and other counties are all garrisoned by reliable county troops, why fear harassment by thieves? ”

Speaking of this, he clenched his fists and said: "Therefore, it is suggested that the counties may be allowed to expand the county army, which can not only absorb the refugees who have poured into the counties from other counties, stabilize the law and order of the counties, but also expand the county army to guard against thieves. ”

"How many people are there?"

"Two thousand to three thousand, enough to deal with the thieves."

"Two thousand to three thousand?" Li Min frowned and said, "This is a lot of expenses." ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "There is a suggestion for the humble position, it can't cost much money to the local government." ”

"Oh? You say come and hear it. ”

"Yes." Zhao Yu hugged his fists, and said: "This is what the humble position thinks, Wuyang, Dingling, Zhaoling and other places, aren't there many 'illegal fields' left by the rebels, no accident, these fields will be collected as official fields, and the county may as well take out half of the official fields, and ask the county lieutenants of each county to raise the army, not to mention two or three thousand people, even if it is to raise five thousand people." …… As long as each county has enough county troops, why do county troops need to go back and forth? The local county army alone is enough to deal with the thieves, and even to encircle and suppress the ......."

"Hmm." Li Min nodded slightly, then turned his head and asked Chen Lang, "Chen Lang, what do you think?" ”

Chen Langwei Zhao Yu was looking at the horse, and when he heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said: "My lord, I think that the captain is a great plan!" It can not only appease and entrap the refugees, but also enable the counties to enhance the strength of the garrison, so that the county army can avoid the hardship of running back and forth, which is a clever plan to kill multiple birds with one stone! …… The only problem is that the county lieutenants in the counties near the thieves need to be filled with talented people, otherwise the captain's clever plan will be greatly reduced. ”

Zhao Yu quietly glanced at Chen Lang with appreciative eyes.

"You're right."

Li Min nodded heavily, turned his head and asked Zhao Yu: "The county lieutenants of Wuyang, Dingling, and Zhaoling counties have been appointed?" ”

"Not yet."

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Those counties are all in charge of the lowly subordinate officials for the time being. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words and said deliberately: "I am also considering whether to let Qin Yu, Jia Shu, and Le Gui serve as county lieutenants. ”

Li Junshou is no stranger to Qin Yu, Jia Shu, and Le Gui, after all, they often appear in the credit book submitted by Zhao Yu, and Li Junshou certainly knows that these people are all capable generals under Zhao Yu.

"Qin Yu, Jia Shu......" Li Junshou stroked his beard and groaned, and asked: "I remember that these people are from the rebels, are they reliable?" ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The rebels are just boasting of their own righteousness, they can deceive everyone for a while, how can they deceive everyone for a lifetime?" It seems that Qin Yu, Jia Shu and others have already drawn a clear line with the rebels. ”

Speaking of this, he took a step forward and arched his hand: "Although these people have also gone astray for a while, they are able to excel, such as that Qin Yu, who is sitting in Wuyang County, a group of thieves in Woniu Mountain, and is not worth worrying about at all." ”

"Hmm."

Li Junshou nodded, and said contemplatively: "Since this is the case, then according to what you said, ask the counties to expand the county army." …… That Qin Yu, you and send someone to talk to him to see if he is willing to serve as the lieutenant of Wuyang County, if not, you will send another person, and ask Qin Yu to temporarily garrison Wuyang, and then return to Xuchang after the thieves in Woniu Mountain are exterminated. ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yu lowered his head and hugged his fists.

Q: Would Qin Wei be willing to serve as the lieutenant of Wuyang County?

If you are an ordinary person, you may not be willing to accept the appointment, after all, the official position of a non-commissioned officer is higher than that of a county lieutenant, but Qin Yu and Jia Shu will definitely agree, after all, these people want to have a small place where they can make their own decisions, so that they can make some small moves.

For example, secretly spreading the concept of some righteous teachers in private, recruiting some upright people who are hostile to the Jin Kingdom as a team or something.

Zhao Yu didn't mind this, firstly, there were the Black Tigers he sent around these people as eyeliner, and secondly, he was not hostile to the concepts of the righteous master.

He didn't mind being supported by this group of people as the 'Yingchuan Yishi Qu Shuai' in the future, after all, the interests of both sides were the same.

But in view of the fact that the time is not yet right, Zhao Yu also hopes that these people will be smarter and act secretively, so as not to make everyone known, and he can only be forced to pay it off under pressure.

Fortunately, these people are not stupid, as far as He Shun reported to him recently, it seems that Ju Sheng, Qin Yu, and Jia Shu are still quite cautious, and they do not dare to spread the concept of righteous teachers in a big way, and they act very low-key.

The next day, the county guard government formulated a relevant decree, allowing Yanling, Linying, Dingling, Yuncheng, Wuyang, Zhaoling and other counties to use half of the official land to raise troops and expand the county army in their own counties.

And Zhao Yu also appointed Ju Sheng, Qin Yu, Jia Shu, Xu Shen, Xu Ma, Le Gui, and Chu Ben as the county lieutenants of these lieutenants.

In addition, Chu Yan, the commander of the ministry, is still in Yanling, and Wang Qing, the commander of the upper department, is still in Zhaoling.

A few days later, these two decrees were successively sent to the southern counties of Yingchuan County and delivered to everyone, including Wang Qing, who made Wang Qing smile.

He was not stupid, as soon as he looked at these two decrees, he guessed that it was the handwriting of their big leader, Zhao Yu, because Yingchuan County allowed the county lieutenants of the southern counties to appoint a Tian official as an adjutant and manage the official Tian on his behalf - this Tian official was actually a subordinate of the county lieutenant, not a subordinate of the county magistrate and the county magistrate.

"Half of the official field, tsk, this ambition ......"

Wang Qing licked his lips excitedly.

He had to admit that compared to their big leader, the vision of their previous group of people was too small and too small.

He had no doubt that with the help of this decree, it would not be long before their great leader would be able to master a force that was far several times greater than before.