Chapter 524: Xuchang Without Rebels (3)
Although several rebel forces led by Xiang Xuan gave up their strategy against Yingchuan County, Zhao Yu was not able to be idle because of this, and he had to deal with several things as soon as possible.
For example, the 'field dispute' in the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Changshe.
The so-called land dispute is caused by the fact that after the rebels broke through the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin and Changshe, they slaughtered the local clans and wealthy families, plundered their family property, and what should they do with the fields that they can't take away? The rebels distributed it to local civilians in order to win the hearts and minds of the people.
As a side of the Jin court, the county guard of Yingchuan naturally would not accept the rebels' decrees in legal theory, so after recovering the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Changshe, the county leader Chen Lang intended to recover the "illegally gained" fields in the hands of the civilians of the three counties, and if the original owner was still alive, it would be returned to the owner, and if the original owner was deceased, it would be confiscated by the government.
After seeing this decree, Zhao Yu frowned, because in his opinion, this decree was going to cause chaos.
After all, those civilians who have obtained the 'lawless land' may not be willing to honestly hand over the land that does not belong to them, and once the government is forced to tighten the land, it will inevitably cause resentment and then unrest.
Although the more chaotic the Jin Kingdom is, the more beneficial it is for his Zhao family, but if this chaos happens in the county seat under his rule, it will be another matter - after all, Zhao Yu has regarded the entire Yingchuan County as his territory.
Originally, Zhao Yu wanted to send someone to invite Chen Lang to the Governor's Office to have a good talk, but considering that he was afraid of people gossiping, he thought about it for a while, and finally took this decree and took Jingnu and a few people to the county guard's mansion, ready to talk to Chen Lang.
A moment later, Zhao Yu and his entourage came to Chen Lang's county mansion.
Knowing that Zhao Yu was coming, Chen Lang was very surprised, and hurriedly went out to greet him, and saw that the officials in the palace on the side looked at each other.
After all, it stands to reason that in a county, the county is the 'second' and the commander is the 'third', although the two are at the same level, there is still a slight superiority, but now in their Yingchuan County, the two seem to be completely reversed.
Chen Lang ignored the whispers of the officials from the side, and insisted on going out to welcome Zhao Yu into the party room in person, after all, the experience of these days has made him understand that this Zhou Duwei is a really powerful person, and he can only be friendly with him, and he must not be an enemy.
After sending off the irrelevant officials from the side, and ordering someone to serve tea, Chen Lang asked Zhao Yu respectfully: "Zhou Duwei came this time, I don't know what instructions he has?" ”
Seeing this, Zhao Yu took out the official document from his arms and handed it to Chen Lang.
"This ......"
Chen Lang looked at it roughly, looked at Zhao Yu inexplicably, and said, "I sent someone to the Governor's Office just now, I don't know ......."
"I know."
Zhao Yu nodded, and then pointed to the official document in Chen Lang's hand and said, "This order you gave me may cause civil unrest in Yingyin, Yingyang, and Changshe. ”
Hearing this, Chen Lang immediately understood what Zhao Yu meant, and suddenly realized, he said with a bitter face: "I understand what the commander means, but we can't acquiesce to the rebels' decrees......"
Thinking about it, Chen Lang has been a county warden for so many years before, and he is not a fledgling hairy boy, how could he not know that this move will cause public resentment?
However, as a side of the Jin court, his Yingchuan county guard must be fully hostile to the rebels, but all the decrees implemented by the rebels must be completely overturned, which is a 'tacit understanding', or a kind of political correctness.
Even if it will cause public resentment.
The reason why Chen Lang took the lead in sending this official document to the Governor's Office and asked Zhao Yu to take a look at it, in addition to asking the latter's approval, actually implied that he hoped that Zhao Yu would send troops to forcibly carry out the purpose - the army has never been only external.
"I know."
Zhao Yu pressed his hand and said what he meant: "We really can't acquiesce to the rebels' decrees, but forcibly confiscating the illegally acquired fields of civilians in the three counties will inevitably cause resentment and then turmoil." …… The rebels gave those fields to the civilians of the three counties in the original intention of inviting people to buy people's hearts, and if the government took it back, wouldn't the government become a villain? ”
After a pause, he continued, "Therefore, I think the county guard might as well be a little accommodating. For example, it is not subjectively recognized that civilians occupy illegally acquired land, but objectively, we let them choose whether to continue to own those fields...... For example, if the commoners wanted to continue to own their ill-gotten land, they should pay an additional part of the grain in addition to the land rent every year, and after a certain number of years of payment, the government would officially recognize the ownership of the land. If they are willing to give up their illegally acquired land, the government will give them a part of the reward. ”
"Hmm......"
Chen Lang stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "What the commander said is extremely true. But ......"
Seeing his gaze, Zhao Yu certainly understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Please tell me Lord County Shou." ”
Seeing that Zhao Yu took the initiative to mention this matter, Chen Lang was relieved.
You know, this matter can be big or small, at worst, it is related to politics, although Chen Langwei, the captain of Zhou, is the first to look forward, but he doesn't want to be questioned by the court in the future.
So, Chen Lang immediately took Zhao Yu and went to the backyard of the county guard mansion to ask Li for advice.
At this time, Li Junshou had just finished drinking the bitter medicinal soup, and although he was lying on the bed and feeling nauseous, he seemed to be in good spirits.
After listening to Chen Lang and Zhao Yu tell the meaning, Li Junshou looked at Zhao Yu in surprise.
"I thought that Zhou Hu would only lead troops to fight this week, but I didn't expect him to be so calm and sophisticated in handling government affairs......
Surprised, Li Junshou nodded and said, "Zhou Hu's suggestion can be implemented." However, the government had to first recover the illicit land and then distribute it to the commoners who were willing to pay additional rent...... This point must not be missed. ”
"Yes."
Zhao Yu and Chen Lang responded to the order.
They certainly understand what that means – the political significance of the two is very different, although it is an unnecessary formality.
With Li Junshou's approval, Chen Lang naturally had no worries.
After returning to the mansion, Chen Lang immediately revised the decree and handed it over to Zhao Yu for inspection.
The content is roughly the same as Zhao Yu's previous proposal, but there is a difference in the number of years - Zhao Yu proposed five years, and Chen Lang felt that it was less, so he added two more years to seven years.
Seeing that Zhao Yu had no objections, Chen Lang called the three superintendents who belonged to the county guard and sent them to Changshe, Yingyin, and Yingyang counties respectively.
By the way, the county guard originally had four post governors, who were responsible for the west, north, east, and south, among them, the position of the western post supervisor who originally belonged to Xun Yi was still vacant, and Chen Lang did not appoint anyone else, probably to show favor to Xun Yi, after all, Xun Yi still remembered this position, although he now served as the governor of the army, and his authority was far greater than that of a post supervisor.
Since it is necessary to re-implement the administrative order in the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Changshe, it is necessary to reorganize the county government of the three counties and appoint the county commanders, county governors, and county lieutenants of the three counties.
In fact, even if it is a county guard, the county commander cannot appoint or dismiss the county order at will, and it must be approved by the imperial court - of course, the county guard can recommend it to the imperial court, and in most cases the imperial court will approve it.
However, unlike the position of county commander, the county can appoint the two positions of county chief and county lieutenant.
In view of the fact that it is necessary to restore the government functions of the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Changshe as soon as possible, Chen Lang respectfully handed over a list of the appointments of the county governors and county governors of the three counties to Zhao Yu.
said that it was a list, but in addition to listing the positions on the list, there was only one name, 'Yingyang County Lieutenant Ma Gai'.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu secretly praised in his heart: This Chen Lang is indeed on the road.
After secretly praising it, Zhao Yu thought about it, and wrote the names of Zhang Feng and Ma Hong in the two columns of 'Yingyin County Lieutenant' and 'Changshe County Lieutenant'.
Immediately, he returned the list to Chen Lang.
After all, since Chen Lang is so upright, then he Zhao Yu can't do too much, so as not to be ridiculed and ugly, and install his cronies to control the county army of the three counties, and the county of the three counties will still be handed over to Chen Lang.
First, Chen Lang also had a large number of officials under his hands who stretched their necks and waited for the day when they would come out; Second, his brother in Black Tiger Village is really not suitable to serve as a county minister.
Obviously, Chen Lang also understood what Zhao Yu meant, and a smile appeared on his face.
In this way, the positions of county magistrates and county lieutenants in the three counties of Yingyang, Yingyin, and Changshe were privately divided under the tacit understanding between Zhao Yu, the commander of the county, and Chen Lang, the county commander.
By the way, in fact, Zhao Yu can also fight for the position of county commander of the three counties, but after weighing it, Zhao Yu still gave up, after all, he has no suitable candidate, and besides, he promoted his cronies too frequently during this time, so it is better to keep a low profile.
Another day later, when Zhao Yu was just about to return to Chen Lang's house with Jingnu and his party, he saw that Chen Lang had come to the Governor's Office in person.
Zhao Yu originally thought that Chen Lang had something urgent, but when he saw him, he said with a smile: "Duwei, I just learned the news that your mansion has been repaired. ”
"Oh?"
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows, although he didn't care much, but there was still a freshness in his heart.
Under Chen Lang's instigation, Zhao Yu took the Jingnu people to the mansion that Chen Lang said.
This mansion is the residence of the former governor Cao Suo.
Cao Suo rebelled against the enemy and fled with his family, and his mansion was naturally confiscated by the county guard.
Considering that Zhao Yu did not have a mansion in Xuchang, Chen Lang proposed to Li Junshou that this mansion be awarded to Zhao Yu for the purpose of showing goodwill, so as to commend Zhao Yu's merits in Xuchang.
Li Junshou Shunshui Tuizhou agreed to this, and even ordered Chen Lang to invite craftsmen to repair the mansion from the expenses of the county guard's mansion.
『…… Cao Suo really should hate me."
A moment later, standing in front of the mansion that was about to belong to him, looking at the brand-new plaque in front of the mansion that was engraved with 'Duwei Zhou's Mansion', Zhao Yu was also a little sneering.
At this time, he found out that when he came to Xuchang, he took away almost everything from Cao Suo, his official position, subordinates, mansion, and his family's private collections.
"How does it feel?"
Taking advantage of Chen Lang's lack of attention, Zhao Yu asked Jingnu in private.
"This ...... It's too big. Jing Nu said with a loss: "Two people live, it's too empty......"
Before the words fell, Niu Heng patted He Shun's shoulder on the side, and said with a smile: "It's okay, we are the company." ”
When He Shun and several black tiger thieves couldn't help but laugh and secretly laughed, Jingnu stared at Niu Heng without saying a word.
Under the mask, she is probably grinding her teeth secretly.
"My mansion...... What?'
Ignoring the fights of Jingnu, Niu Heng, and He Shun, Zhao Yu looked at the mansion in front of him with a complicated expression, and looked at the plaque engraved with the words Duwei Zhou's mansion, and his mood was really complicated.
One day, he will change the word 'Zhou' on the plaque back to the word 'Zhao', so that the world will know that he is the second son of Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township, Zhao Yu!