Land annexation was the inevitable result of the development of the feudal economy. Shen Rui's reading of history in his previous life is very clear, and there has never been a dynasty or generation in feudal society that can really curb land annexation.

At the beginning, Brother Shou began to clear the acres of land in Liaodong, and then investigated the clan, relatives, and nobles who encroached on the official fields and people's fields, deceived and concealed land taxes, and then implemented the local clearance and investigation of Tuntian, etc., Shen Rui did not have a 100% supportive attitude.

It's just that now it's his turn to be in charge, and Dengzhou, a place with many mountains and few fields, has really reached the point where it can't be checked without investigation.

Food is the lifeline, as long as the field is in the hands of a big household like Wei Yuanwai, it is equivalent to stucking Dengzhou's neck. Even if Dengzhou opens the sea and has money, it can't be guaranteed, as in the past two years, there has been a food shortage in the world, and there is nowhere to buy grain.

There is another incident, which Shen Rui could not have known without going to Shandong to investigate on the spot - that is, the mu system of Shandong is extremely chaotic.

The Ming Dynasty officially stipulated that five feet is a step (bow), two hundred and forty steps is one mu, and not only the bow ruler of the land is very different from each other in Shandong, but even the number of bows per mu is not the same, not to mention that one mu in this county is not the same as one mu in other counties, and it may be far from the same in a state and county.

This is not a deliberate act by a family or two prominent families in Shandong, but due to historical reasons.

As early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, Jia Sixian's "Qi Min Yaoshu" said that one acre of Qi land is equivalent to more than two acres in other regions.

However, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the square land tax law was used to reduce the mu, and the coexistence of large and small mu caused by the resettlement and reclamation in the early Ming Dynasty exacerbated the confusion of the mu system and gradually became a stubborn disease.

Shen Rui is not a pioneer of reform, but if he wants to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people of Dengzhou to grow grain, want to let more grain flow in Dengzhou City, and want to further promote the cultivation of good seeds and good recipes, he must solve these fundamental problems of land.

Dengzhou is a good land issue, because there is no big family in this territory.

Only one Cong family can be regarded as an official eunuch's house, not to mention the friendship between Cong Lan and Shen Rui, just to say that Cong Lan is now trusted by the emperor and sent to Yansui to clean up Tuntian, and his family is too late to support Qingzhang Tianmu, how dare he hold back!

As for Wei Yuanwai's goods, it is really nothing.

Now that this guy is bumping into the muzzle of the gun, and he is trying to stumble in vain, Shen Rui is just a matter of convenience when he cleans him up.

Shen Rui didn't care about it, but others didn't have such a hard backstage background, but they were afraid.

The meeting over there was all dispersed, and Ding Tongzhi was still a little distracted, and followed behind Shen Rui, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"This, this, my lord...... Wei Chunlai, in the end, climbed to the top of the noble family. Entering the study of the prefect's mansion, Ding Tongzhi was still worried, and when he saw that there were no outsiders left and right, he said in a low voice: "My lord should have expected that the place where Wei Chun came, I can't tell how many of them are Zhang Bu's political envoys." ”

I don't know how much of it was bought under the guise of a political envoy. Shen Rui slandered in his heart, spread his hands on his face, and said: "He is not written on the deed, we don't know." I will never admit it. ”

Ding Tongzhi only had the right to take a cool breath, and persuaded him bitterly for a while: "My lord, it is better to stay in Shandong for the first time." ”

He said in his heart that this little prefect is still young and vigorous, and you pretend not to know and it's over? Even if Zhang Ji pinched his nose and admitted it, wouldn't he give you small shoes to wear in the future?

That's the right-hand political envoy, isn't it too easy to find trouble for a prefect!

He used to think that with a young and promising boss with a hard backstage, it was like three lives, and he was fortunate to have green smoke from the ancestral grave.

Seeing the little prefect forge ahead, his heart of an old fritter in officialdom was also activated.

Wupin is a hurdle, how many people have reached this cap and it is difficult to go further, if he follows this little prefect well, maybe he will cross this hurdle in one step, and from then on, the sea and the sky will be wide!

But I didn't expect that this ancestral tomb was emitting black smoke - it was going to be scorched.

If this is a pair of small shoes thrown over by the political envoy Si Yamen, will the prefect wear them alone? He can't run either. There is still a good old man in the prefect's house, but he doesn't have it!

He thought too much for a while, thought too long-term, and became anxious, only to feel that his mouth was full of fire bubbles about to arch.

Shen Rui was there, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Lord Ding, this mansion is measured." Tomorrow, Lord Ding only needs to go out with a procedure, and Master Jiang and Master Da will take people to check the properties of the Wei family and several other families. ”

"Think twice...... It's to check, isn't it also slowing down? You also listened, then Wei Chunlai has already written to the political envoy department, and he will wait for ten days and half a month, and he will not delay anything, so as not to be caught off guard if there is any movement. Ding Tongzhi persuaded bitterly.

It is also to the point, and it is indeed a good word.

It's just that Shen Rui seemed to be iron-hearted, and said with a smile: "It's okay." Master Ding, after you go through the formalities, you will continue to work hard in this city. ”

Ding Tongzhi sighed secretly, and when he saw that Shen Rui had shifted the topic to urban construction, he didn't want to say much, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "This is a matter within the responsibility of the lower officials." ”

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, paused and asked, "Are those people in the prison going to mention the Shuizhai Dock Harbor today?" ”

On that day, the mischievous idlers arrested no less than 100 people, all of whom were habitual offenders, and they were usually rampant in the township.

Rectifying local law and order has long been on Shen Rui's agenda, but now grasping grain is the first priority.

I don't want these guys to eat the courage of ambitious leopards, and they dare to go against the government when they take the money, which is a matter of a breath worse than rebellion, this is no longer a simple repair.

Shen Ruicai won't throw them into the black prison and raise them for nothing - wowotou is not food?! Dengzhou's food is not such a waste.

In and out of the city, construction is needed everywhere, and it is a great waste of resources to throw such strong laborers into the black prison and slowly starve and lose weight!

Labor reform is the excellent answer! Labor reform, all roll out to labor reform, where to put tired!

So at that time, Shen Rui had already issued an order for these people to dig sand and repair the harbor and dock.

These people are all ruffians and scoundrels, but they are not those beggars who have no father, no mother and no home. They basically have families, and most of them have some family backgrounds, and their families also rely on them to be overbearing outside, collect protection money, eat and drink spicy.

Many of them are also frequent visitors to the prison, and many of them are familiar with each other, and as long as they send money in, they will still eat fat chickens and ducks in prison.

So this time they were imprisoned on the front foot, and many family members on the back foot were already skilled cell guards.

Then he heard that this time it was a big deal, and that he was going to send them to work as coolies.

The family panicked and began to give gifts, but they didn't smash the door of several adults in the mansion with no amount of money, and they couldn't help but panic more and more.

Ding Tongzhi was also famous, and he usually gave him heavy gifts, he laughed at them, and those who fought and brawled, as long as he didn't commit human life, he turned a blind eye and never offended anyone.

But this time, Ding Tongzhi's door was also tightly closed.

How did they know that Ding Tongzhi was already itching when he looked at Bai Huahua's silver and couldn't carry it in his pocket.

However, this group of people came out to work against the prefect, and Ding Tongzhi had previously followed the new prefect, so naturally he would not take care of these ploppy family members.

But now, now the little prefect has run out to clear the ...... Who knows how long the little prefect can hold on, if the political envoy is to blame, the little prefect can't do it, and he can still be promoted by patting his ass with his father-in-law, what should he do?

He wants to move somewhere to find a way, but he doesn't know how much silver he will need, so he should come back with some more silver now.

"Xia Guan is thinking, Master Chen said that he wants to open up roads, clear the river silt, and build more street shops and car dealers, although these things are the kindness of adults, and they want to give the young people in the city a chance to work and receive food, but digging ditches and laying foundations is drudgery, isn't it, let those people in prison do it first? What is lighter is left for the good people? Ding Tongzhi looked completely concerned about the construction of the city.

Digging sand and repairing the harbor and dock is really a first-class drudgery, not to mention exhausting people to death, but it is enough to shed the skin. But if you change to work in the city, no matter how tired you are, you will only be tired. In this way, it is good to squeeze oil and water out of the house of those pranksters.

As early as when Shen Rui returned to the mansion to wash and change clothes, he listened to Zhang Chenglin's brief report on recent events.

He didn't need to deliberately stare at Ding Tongzhi and Lin Tongju, there were so many ears like the Han family. The prefect, the same intellectual, and the general judge all lived in the official mansion behind the government, and even the servants had a lot of exchanges with each other.

Moreover, Ding Tongzhi has not been greedy for money for a day or two, and he has a deep understanding of it as early as the beginning of the Lu family's dealings with him.

However, although this person is greedy for money, he is not confused, he is very talented, and he knows how to take sides and take sides, otherwise he would not have taken refuge in Shen Rui early.

The most important thing is that he still has a bottom line, and he will not do things that harm the people with his conscience for the sake of money. Shen Rui didn't have anything that he couldn't tolerate.

Shen Rui smiled: "This matter is fully entrusted to Lord Ding, you are so affected." ”

Ding Tongzhi was busy and said that he was not hard, and praised Shen Rui for being sympathetic to the people, and sang praises for a while.

Shen Rui patiently waited for him to finish praising with a kind smile before saying, "However, the work on the beach is just as heavy, and someone has to dig a foundation." ”

Ding Tongzhi smiled and narrowed his eyes, just like this, things that are too easy to do are always unappreciated, so they should be made to suffer enough, and when they come to ask again, they reluctantly agree, not to mention doubling the silver, this can make people grateful to Dade.

The little prefect knows this very well, and he is also a member of my generation.

Ding Tongzhi immediately praised the words like a tide, and praised it for a while without repeating it, but in his heart he wanted to squeeze more oil and water out, and the prefect also had to be filial.

After a while, I saw that Master Jiang and other Shen Rui's staff team had arrived outside, and Ding Tongzhi knew what was interesting, so he hurriedly left.

After the others left the courtyard, Master Chen smiled bitterly at Shen Rui and said in a low voice: "This Lord Ding...... The others are fine, but the temperament of this yellow-like thing is ......"

"Which one is the one who bites the hand of silver?" Shen Rui said with a smile, personally handed over the tea cup and Master Chen, and said, "There is Mr. Lao these days." ”

Master Chen hurriedly took it with both hands and thanked Shen Rui. Because Dengzhou is the base camp of the Lu family, and the post road network is also the densest and best place, almost every day there is news quietly sent from the government to Shen Rui, and Master Chen has nothing to report.

Master Jiang and Master Yu came in to greet each other, sat down to drink tea, and waited for Zhang Chenglin, Tian Shun and Lu Liulang and other confidants to be together, and then discussed the next step of Dengzhou's construction.

"Clear the land, draw up a charter, and divide it into several batches. The Wei family, the Zhao family, the Lu family, and the Han family came first. Especially the Han family, go say hello. After Shen Rui finished speaking, he looked at Lu Liulang.

Lu Liulang responded, and said: "The Han family understands it, and they will fully cooperate with the adults." ”

Most of the Lu family's capital is invested in sea boats, and the rest is mainly shops, and the so-called fertile land in Dengzhou is far worse than that of Songjiang, and the Lu family really looks down on it, and they don't buy much land.

Of course, even if it is not much, there will be no such thing as concealment and good land being recorded as bad land. When Shen Rui decided to clear the acres of land before, he naturally told the Lu family.

Master Lu Qi said that he would not deal with those fields, and only left them to Shen Rui, and the Lu family recognized that he was punished and lost face - even the fields of his family friends, in-laws, and confidants were not spared, so that Lord Shen was fair and selfless.

Although the Shandong Lu family relied on Shen Rui to reach the next level, Shen Rui still appreciated that Master Lu Qi could do this part.

As for the Han family, they originally moved from Shanxi when Taizu was the emperor, and after several disasters and wars, there are not many people in the Han family.

During the Chenghua period, the great-grandfather of Master Han made a windfall, and once returned to his hometown in Shanxi to find his roots, but he could not find the original clansman.

There are quite a few children of the Han family who are good at reading, and after a few generations, there have also been two or three jinshi, seven or eight people.

Now Han Kui, the right senator of the Shandong Political Envoy, is from this family, and he is not a few years older than Master Han, but in terms of generation, he is the uncle of Master Han.

Since Han Kui came to Shandong, the Han family has been filial piety and has confirmed this relative.

It's just that the Han family is not as ostentatious as the Wei family, and they are all restaurants, and they are all guests when they enter the door, so they have a good relationship with each family, and there is nothing to bully.

If it is said that the battle is in power, it is just that the Dengzhou Mansion no longer dares to pay back the credit in their restaurant.

The reason why he wanted to clear the Han family first was also because his family had a relationship with the political envoys.

As long as the Wei family and the Han family are investigated, not to mention Dengzhou Mansion, at least there is no more family in Penglai County that is capable of fighting the neck, and Qingzhang Tianmu will be able to be implemented smoothly.

However, since the Han family surrendered early and worked hard to deliver the news of various families, Shen Rui also greeted them first.

In fact, the Han family will not lose too much, although his family is an old household in Dengzhou, but he does not buy much land.

In addition to mainly operating a restaurant, his family also raises boats, but it is not a maritime merchant ship like the Lu family, but more than 20 large and small fishing boats, and the seafood is also a huge amount of input.

Hearing what Lu Liulang said, Shen Rui nodded and said, "His family is good." You also go and tell them that the Eight Immortals Car Shops Post Inns all over the country have to be foiled by them. ”

This is to agree with the Han family to invest in the Eight Immortals Inn, and even to build an inn with the Han family, when Dengzhou opens the port, there will be a large number of merchants gathered, and the inn will inevitably make money every day.

And what is the background of the Eight Immortals Car Dealership? Such a good thing that the Han family can't ask for.

Lu Liulang said with a smile: "Then I have to say it slowly, don't make the old lady of the Han family faint with joy." ”

Everyone laughed for a moment.

Shen Rui said with a smile: "You say slowly, don't really scare the old man, in the future, I am afraid that the Han family will have to contribute to the fish." ”

Lu Liulang was stunned for a moment, and then pretended to sigh and said, "My family is jealous of my family because my lord cares so much." ”

"It's a bargain." Tian Shunyin is familiar with Lu Liulang, and there is no taboo at all when he jokes, he dares to say anything, because he patted him on the shoulder and quipped: "If you say this, the fishing boats belong to your family, and the merchant ships belong to their families, are you willing?" ”

Lu Liulang hurriedly begged for mercy, which made everyone laugh.

Shandong is rich in seafood, fishing tax (fishing tax) a lot, Dengzhou is to pay 8,000 catties of sea fish, 57 catties of clam powder 4 taels, kelp 6 catties 14 taels of money, 2 catties of sea drifting nitrate, 89,298 miscellaneous feathers.

The fishery tax can be divided into two categories according to the levy, the natural color and the folded color, the object was originally the collection of fish oil, fish bladder, feathers, and later according to the needs of the government to change to other physical collection, mostly gold and silver banknotes, in the Hongzhi period of the two taxes on the collection of fish and rice, and it was classified under the autumn grain.

In the past two years of the famine in Shandong, the fishing tax was partially exempted, such as sea fish, which was originally to be converted into gold and silver to pay taxes, but now it is completely exempted, which is regarded as making the people hungry. And medicinal materials such as kelp and sea drifting nitrate still have to be handed over in full.

Shen Ruiyuan had read some of the miscellaneous records and travelogues of his predecessors, and after coming to Dengzhou, he had read the former government and county chronicles, and knew that there was abundant seafood and many precious varieties. Abalone and sea cucumber don't need to be mentioned, the Song Dynasty Pang Yuanying's "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" also mentions Jiaqi fish, which is a real sea bream.

Compared with the development of Dengzhou agriculture, Shen Rui has more confidence in the development of Dengzhou fishery.

In addition to scientific fishing, he also hopes to achieve scientific farming.

In addition to the high-end sea cucumber, abalone and conpoy can be made into dry export, low-end kelp seaweed can also be dried, and there are shrimp skins and clams...... The ocean is the greatest treasure of Dengzhou.

Of course, if there is a good product, it must also be able to be shipped.

The mountainous city of Dengzhou also faces a problem, which is land transportation.

Even if the sea is opened, some materials must be transported in and out.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. It's really a wise saying.

“…… In the spring ploughing season, it is not advisable to transfer too many laborers to conscription, but if you want to open the sea as soon as possible, this land transportation must also keep up. ”

Although the disaster situation in Dengzhou is not as serious as that of Jinan Prefecture, it is not that there are no people who have fled here, and there are people like Wei Yuanwai who have conspired to make profits, and the people at the bottom of the city who have no land to rely on are also living a hard life.

Whether it is construction in the city or road construction outside the city, as long as the government is in charge of the food, whether it is the homeless people or the common people, they will be a hundred willing.

Shen Rui watched Master Chen compare on a simple map, discussing the planned route with Master Yu, and sighed in his heart, this map has to be drawn in more detail.

Road construction always has to be surveyed, and when the time comes, people will draw maps and topographic maps by the way. He wanted to know the distribution of villages and towns in various prefectures, counties, and towns in Dengzhou, the distribution of agricultural planting, and the road conditions.

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After the turmoil of grain purchases, all the major households in Fucheng stared at the government and the Wei family, waiting for the follow-up.

After the prefect returned to the government, Wei Yuanwai and others came to the door, and came out in disgrace, and each family got the news for the first time, and soon the wind of "Cha Yintian" quickly spread all over the city.

On that day, the Wei family sent letters out of the city many times, and each family was also clear, so many families still maintained a wait-and-see attitude - the sky fell and there were big ones, Wei Jiatian had the most, the backstage was the hardest, and it was up to his family to deal with it.

Of course, there are also those who plan ahead, or take care of their own business first, or ask for a relationship.

And among them, kneeling is the fastest, kneeling is ruthless, and the most unexpected is the Qin family.

It is said that not long after Qin Sanye returned home that day, news came out that he had been subjected to family law, and I heard that he was beaten quite hard, even to the extent that he couldn't get out of bed.

When someone heard the news, they tentatively came to visit with gifts, but they didn't see Qin San himself at all.

Qin Er came forward to receive him, and his words were not leaky, only saying that the third brother was seriously ill, and he was afraid that he would be too sick and inconvenient to meet guests.

A little later, a large number of stewards in the Qin family's shops were replaced, which confirmed Qin San's loss of power in the Qin family from the side.

After nightfall, the Qin family quietly came out in a small sedan chair and went in different directions.

Early the next morning, the old lady Qin, who had not been out of the house for a long time, was carried by the family members and went to the mansion in person, asking to see the prefect.

The prefect Lord Shen did not live up to his reputation of cherishing the old and pitying the poor, and he was quite face-saving, and did not turn him away.

In the back hall of the mansion, the old lady Qin burst into tears, bitterly saying that her son was not filial and that she was not strict in discipline, which led to a big mistake and performed her repentance to the fullest.

He said that he had asked the family law to beat his son with thirty canes, and he would not let that bastard come out to do things again, as long as the Qin family's grain shop was unsealed, he would supply the people with grain and rice at a low price, so as to stabilize the Dengzhou rice market and make the people feel at ease.

In addition, the Qin family is willing to donate half of the family's grain and rice to support the prefect to build the Zhuzi Community Warehouse, and the rest of the grain and rice are also willing to be bought by the government.

Governor Shen is polite and polite, always with a gentle smile, he is very friendly, and his mouth is also amiable, not like those high-ranking officials and gentlemen who open their mouths to reprimand.

But what the smiling Lord Shen said: "In the end, it is an old-timer in the business world, the old man's account is extremely exquisite, and I think the old man also understands the law of Da Ming, so is it handled like this?" ”

There was a bit of ridicule in his words, and Master Chen's tone was full of coldness.

Master Chen had already secretly scolded the old lady Qin and the old fox in his stomach, and when he saw Shen Rui's eyes sweeping over, he immediately took over the baton and said coldly: "According to the law of Da Ming, 'Those who do not pay taxes by merchants will be flogged fifty, and half of the goods will be official. In the official property, the rate of ten points, and three points to pay the informant to the reward'. ”

Old lady Qin's face was a little unbearable, she smacked her lips in embarrassment, and the words turned around twice in her stomach before she made a weak and weak appearance and said: "Little Lao'er has never read any books, so he can recognize the words in the account book, and he is blind, and he doesn't understand the law, and I ask the adults to look at the old man's age......"

Saying that, he cried further and said, "My lord, Xiao Lao'er is already a person who has stepped into the coffin with one foot, I really don't know that the beast in the family caused such a big disaster outside, it was all Xiao Lao'er's fault, and he didn't take care of the family...... My Qin family has always done my duty, and I also invite my lord's subordinates to give birth to a super......"

His voice gradually decreased, and his eyes glanced back at the gift slip in Shen Rui's hand. But when he came in with a prayer slip, he gave him a list of gifts.

Master Chen was indifferent, and continued to recite the law of the Ming Dynasty: "......'Those who conspire with friends, rely on the power to use the strong, extort merchants, blackmail officials, and disturb commercial taxes will be punished with a cane for two months, and those who commit a crime of cane or more will be exempted from the shackle and sent to the nearby guards to fill the army'......"

Old lady Qin couldn't cry anymore this time, and she didn't say those empty polite words in her mouth, so she just looked at Shen Rui pitifully.

Shen Rui didn't mean to kill the Qin family, and pointed to the archway of the Qin family to recruit other families.

The Qin family also has a lot of land in their hands, and the Han family also sent a message to plead, saying that Qin Er is dedicated to the side of the government.

Listening to the description of the Han family, Qin Er is also a very capable person, and Shen Rui will not have too many talents.

However, if the Qin family wanted to float past, it would also be a dream.

Shen Rui sighed lightly and said, "Pity the hearts of parents in the world." ”

In a word, the old lady Qin burst into tears again.

"The government understands the feelings of the elderly very well." Shen Rui said slowly, "This mansion is a shepherd, and the descendants of the Qin family will not violate the law of the country, as the people of Dengzhou, the government will protect them." ”

Old lady Qin stiffened and cried in vain, the prefect didn't say anything, so it was up to Qin San to be convicted.

I couldn't help but scold Wei Chunlai thousands of times in my heart, and dragged the Qin family into the water - in the eyes of parents, children are always good, mistakes are made by other people's children, and their own family is burdened by other people's children.

Old lady Qin gritted her teeth and said: "The Qin family's grain and rice, only the family rations are left, and the rest is all taken by adults." I heard that the government intended to repair the roads in the city, which was a great good deed, and the Qin family was willing to donate 2,000 silver...... No, three thousand taels. ”

Dengzhou is not as good as Jingli, and even less than the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are often 1,200,000 taels of silver, and a big family in a county like the Qin family, even if there is an accumulation of three or five generations, saving 100,000 family assets can be regarded as very good at living, and it is a lot to be able to come up with 3,000 taels.

What's more, there is also food at home.

Shen Rui said with a smile: "The old man benefits the township, and this great goodness is also." This house will definitely make a heavy mark in Jishantang, so that future generations will not forget this good deed of the elderly. ”

Old Lady Qin just said that she didn't dare to take it seriously, and she didn't breathe a sigh of relief.

I heard that the people of the palace said: "Qingzhang Tianmu is a national policy set by the emperor himself, and now the border towns are checking the tuntian, and the Zhuang Tian of the emperor's relatives has also been screened through." Let's go to Dengzhou, and we need the old man to set an example for those who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, charitable and benevolent. ”

Old lady Qin was choked on her neck, and she almost didn't get angry.

Grain is naturally the lifeblood of famine years, and more importantly, it is the land where grain is grown. There will always be a day when the grain is eaten and sold, and if there is no land, where will the food come from in the coming year?

Old lady Qin didn't hear the rumors of Qingzhang's acres of land, she would rather cut a large piece of meat, but still bit it to death without mentioning the land, and hoped that Shen Rui would just clean up the Wei family, and the rest of the family might be able to escape this catastrophe as long as they were obedient.

It's a pity, how could the prefect let one go.

His mouth is full of bitterness, what can he say? The meaning of the prefect's words couldn't be clearer: the Zhuangtian of the emperor's relatives has been screened, and the military tuntian of the border town has been checked, what is your Qin family? ! Why don't I check you?

What's more, if you say that the national policy set by the emperor himself, and take down the hat of being loyal to the monarch and patriotic, let alone not implementing it, even if you don't rush forward first, you may be said to ignore the emperor's order and disobey it, right? !

Old Lady Qin really wanted to roll her eyes and faint, so she would delay this time and go back to discuss and discuss.

I secretly hated that when I visited the Lu family yesterday, the Lu family asked him to make a gesture to seek the prefect, and the prefect was lenient and generous, and he would spare the Qin family and only punish the Wei family. If he doesn't come today, won't there be nothing to do? Isn't he still able to pretend to be stupid?!

But there is no regret medicine in the world.

Moreover, as soon as Master Chen's upper lip touched his lower lip, he began to say some Da Ming law, although Old Lady Qin was complaining about the Lu family, but he also had a clear heart, if he didn't come, Qin San would not end well, and the Qin family would also be stripped of his skin.

But it is said that "the prefect of the family is broken, and the county is destroyed".

How many years has he been in charge of the family, Old Lady Qin thought about it, gritted her teeth, and said, "Thank you Lord Prefect for raising the Qin family, the Qin family...... I am willing to serve the dogs and horses. ”

The smile on Shen Rui's face became more and more gentle, "The old man is serious, the old man is highly respected, and there are still many things to ask the old man to take the lead in Dengzhou Mansion in the future." ”

Old lady Qin barely squeezed out a smile, laughing more ugly than crying.

After saying goodbye and coming out of the mansion, the old lady Qin closed the door and never saw any outsiders again, and even the general ledger of the Qin family, which was originally firmly in his hand, also let go.

At this point, the helmsman of the Qin family has completely become the concubine Qin Er.

Qin Er felt obediently, as soon as several of the Qin family's grain shops were unsealed, they all opened, and the grain price was only 20% higher than that of an ordinary year—this was a relatively low grain price in a famine year.

It's just that this time, the low-priced grain did not trigger a rush to buy.

The shopping psychology of the people is like this, the more the price increases, the more they buy, and when the price drops, they have to take a look again, for fear of losing money. Especially the government is still releasing grain in the warehouse, and the small people have a bottom in their hearts, so they are less and less anxious.

Moreover, yesterday's events have been spread on the streets, and the government has arrested so many people who are not blind or stupid, and they can't understand it at the time, so when they go back and think about it, and then listen to the smart people in their neighborhoods, they all know that their homes are being used by others.

Inciting the people to rebel? Most of the attitudes of the people of Dengzhou Fucheng, who are accustomed to being obedient to the people, are: "Phew! If you want to die by yourself, don't bother us! ”

There are also rumors on the street that the officials and masters are going to clean up the Wei family and the Qin family, didn't you see that Wei Yuanwai and Qin Yuanwai were all kicked out of the government yesterday!

Early this morning, Old Lady Qin also entered the mansion, she must have been low, otherwise how could she have been unsealed? Otherwise, how could the price of food be so low, and there is no limit!

Yesterday there was a sign that there was no food, but today it is there?!

It's just not to clean up!

The simple emotions of the people, his family's black heart and lack of morality, then don't buy his food!

Everyone scolded the Qin family, and they all said that the yamen cleaned up this group of black-hearted merchants well. Now, I hope that Lord Qingtian will uphold justice and return the Qin family's silver that sold grain at a high price to everyone.

Regardless of the voices of the people here, the first thing after Qin Er took over the Qin family was to hand over the grain book, the land and the fish scale book to the government office.

He has a good mouth, and his words are particularly beautiful: "In the past, the children in the family were not good, but I was afraid that they had hidden their private property, and the adults cleared the acres of land for the good of the people of Dengzhou, and also swept out the house mice for our family, so that our family property could be preserved, and our Qin family will never forget the great kindness of the adults." ”

Shen Rui touched his nose, he originally felt that he had been in contact with more people over the years, and he had heard a lot of nonsense from all kinds of people, and he had already been immune, but now that he saw Qin Erfu doing so small, he was really amazed, this word "great grace", he was really embarrassed to accept it cheekily......

Lu Liulang didn't think so, and after Qin Er left, he smiled at Shen Rui and said: "You don't have to be polite to Qin Er, you are his second parent, if he stays in that house and is called like a donkey and horse, he will not die of exhaustion, and sooner or later he will be killed by Qin San." Where is the scenery today? ”

His voice was slightly lowered, and he said: "Qin San is abolished, but there is also a newly formed sister-in-law, Qin Wu, and the Qin family's descendants are not only in their vein." Qin Er is the smartest, he knows that he can't stand in the Qin clan by himself, and only by sticking to the side of the mansion and having all the adults to support him can he successfully take over the position of the head of the Qin family. ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Where he can go in the clan is his own ability, it has nothing to do with us, and we will not interfere." He is a talented man and a man of great skill in the matter of grain and rice, and I only hope that in the future, when we promote new methods of farming, we will do our best to do our best, and we will not use him in vain. ”

Lu Liulang responded, and said: "The Qin family has a lot of fields, and the Qin family's concubines are not as good as their sisters-in-law, and they were sent to the village to start taking care of things after fifteen or sixteen years, until they understood the crops and recognized all the good rice and rice, and then let them go back to the city to take charge of the shop." Qin Er is a clever person again, adults just have to rest assured. ”

He paused, and said with a smile: "He is also an errand boy at most, I heard that Fourth Uncle Lian is coming to Shandong?" Then where is Qin Er's use. ”

Thinking that Shen Lian was going north to help him, Shen Rui unconsciously smiled.

Now everything is smooth in Songjiang. Shen Ying and Shen Jin have all recovered, although Shen Rui is released, he is promoted very quickly, don't say that all the families in Songjiang Mansion, that is, the entire Nanzhili all look down on the Shen family.

Dong Qihe, the prefect of Songjiang, received great help from the Shen family in disaster relief, and his year-end performance appraisal was improved, and he was rewarded by the emperor.

But he thought very clearly, he got this prefect by chance, there is no foundation in the court, and he can't find a good place, so it is better to give a good place from Sanpin but lost in the northwest and southwest, and it is better to stay in the rich land of Songjiang.

Besides, if he has a good relationship with the Shen family, he has caught up with Yang Ge Lao, and he will not worry about having a good future. So he made every effort to seek re-election.

With Dong Qihe, the prefect, taking care of the Shen family, there is nothing unsmooth about the Shen family.

Shen Qi acted impartially for the patriarch, and the clansmen were happy and convinced, and because of many industries, the clansmen's lives became more and more stable. Whether it is farming or weaving mills, or shipyards and all kinds of schools, they are all developing steadily.

Shen Lian was able to withdraw and come north to help Shen Rui open up the situation.

The establishment of various industries in Songjiang is handled by Shen Lian, and he comes to help, and the construction of a factory and a school in Dengzhou will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

And this time, Shen Lian came up with his family, without any worries, this is to follow Shen Rui, if Shen Rui is the prefect for three years, he will definitely work for three years.

Shen Rui smiled and said to Lu Sixteen Lang: "I'm just afraid that I will be tired of Fourth Uncle Lian, so I have to pay more attention to Brother Sixteen, and if there is a talent like Qin Er, I will also recommend a few more." ”

Lu Liulang should be again and again.

Shen Rui smiled again: "When the fourth uncle arrives, you can also ask Lei Yuan to come over for a while." Also, Laizhou Governor Li once told me that Laizhou also produces safflower and blue, I see that the Lei family does not grow many dyes, and when the time comes, we can discuss and discuss, the dyes are bought from Laizhou Mansion, and Laizhou can also sell more grain with us. ”

*

The day after Governor Shen returned to the government, Penglai County vigorously launched the action of clearing the acres of fields.

The Han family and the Lu family are also among them, and the people are selfless and selfless in the prefect's house, and there is no shortage of people in the families of the rich and wealthy gentry who ridicule these two families for being dogs in vain but they are not good.

However, no matter what kind of attitude it is to praise or satirize, everyone also knows the determination of the government to clear the fields.

And with the Qin family, the few families who participated in the hoarding that day were originally wavering, so they defected with the Qin family, sent grain and rice quickly, reopened the grain shop, and actively cooperated with the work of Qingzhang Tianmu.

There is also a herd mentality - when I see someone surrendering, I am afraid that I will be late, don't say that I can't get any benefits, and then I am considered insincere, but it is extremely bad. Therefore, for a while, all families rushed to the side of the government.

It's like a snowball, the bigger it gets, the more people there are.

Of course, it's not for nothing that those who are dead.

No, is there still a tall Wei family who doesn't move?

The friendly Zhao Yuanwai family also carried it and didn't move - anyway, it hasn't been cleared to their house yet.

Zhao Yuanwai didn't look a little kind and wealthy at this time.

In the past few days, I have not eaten well and slept sweetly, and the fat face in the past was smooth and oily, and now I look at it again, the meat is also drooping, and the bruises under my eyes are obvious, and the whole person is a lot haggard, and he gritted his teeth and brought out a bit of hideousness.

"It's all the old pig and dog of the Qin family!" He cursed, "If he hadn't defected, we would have twisted into a rope and accounted for half of Penglai County, don't you believe that person doesn't weigh it?!" What a failure! An old pig and dog with a thousand cuts! ”

The two brothers of the Zhao family lowered their heads and listened, but they didn't dare to pick up.

After Zhao Yuanwai scolded enough, he stopped and drank half a bowl of ginseng stewed chicken soup to moisten his throat, the two brothers looked at each other for a long time, and finally Zhao Erlang leaned forward and asked curtly: "Big brother, at home, now...... What can I do? ”

Zhao Yuanwai glared, "What are we worried about?" Let's look at the Wei family! Third child, you are staring at the Wei family more! ”

Zhao Sanlang is just the opposite of his eldest brother, lean and lean, except for the bones and skin, there is no meat on Zhou's body, and he has a sharp beak and monkey gills, but he has a shrewd face.

He answered and muttered in a low voice, "Wei family...... In addition to going out of the city every day, there is no movement on the side. I don't know when Jinan Mansion will have a reply. He paused, leaned forward, and his voice was a little louder, "Big brother, the people who measured the land have all arrived at his house." ”

Zhao Yuanwai snorted coldly and said, "You just stare at it." The Wei family, no matter what, they have to go up. The Wei family's field is not just his own field. ”

The two younger brothers looked at each other again and said no more.

Of course, the Wei family has to go up, and they can't admit it.

It's not that Wei Yuanwai can't wipe his face to admit it, but he doesn't dare and can't admit it, how many of his fields are from the political envoy Zhang Jizhang!

Wei Yuanwai gritted his teeth, and he had to hold on.

Zhao Yuanwai doesn't have any relatives in Beijing, and he doesn't understand the complicated relationships between the bigwigs in Beijing, but the matter in front of him is obvious - it depends on the owner to beat the dog, the Wei family shows that the chariot and horse are the people who are the political envoys, and Shen Rui dares to take the Wei family like this, it must be the enemy of the political envoys!

Will the political envoy ignore an enemy who sharpens his sword?! Will Dengzhou be so unscrupulous as he clears his acres and grasps his handle?

In Jinan Mansion, there will always be movement.

"Wait for the Wei family." Zhao Yuanwai squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

Zhao Sanlang saw that the eldest brother looked like he was angry again, so he didn't want to wait here to listen to him scolding, waiting for the Wei family, then ...... Wait. He answered, and the soles of his feet slipped with oil.

Zhao Erlang stopped talking, took the soup bowl handed over by the eldest brother, and got up to leave.

Zhao Yuanwai suddenly called out to him, and sent a room full of people out, which made Zhao Erlang nervous for no reason, and suddenly heard Zhao Yuanwai say: "The third kid, your mind is alive." didn't have Qin Er's two tricks, but he had a heart as big as Qin Er. ”

Zhao Erlang's face twitched, and he smiled reluctantly: "Big brother, it's too much." ”

Zhao Yuanwai glared at him, "Who the hell is a fool?" Then he scolded the eight ancestors of the Qin family.

This incident is indeed a bad start for the Qin family, it is not easy for the concubines of the Shangjia family to get ahead, Qin Er's actions have made many people's concubines and young sons see hope.

For example, Zhao Sanlang, he is the youngest son, much younger than the two brothers of the same mother, but no matter how young he is, he has passed the age of standing, no matter how young he is, he also knows that silver is good, and whoever has silver in his hand is counted.

The old man and the old lady in the Zhao family are actually gone, but Zhao Yuanwai is much older than the two younger brothers, and he promised his father and mother to take care of the two younger brothers, so he has never separated the family.

But in the eyes of Zhao Sanlang, who is getting older, the eldest brother clearly doesn't want to divide the family property, so he has always refused to let the two brothers divide it.

If according to what his father and mother said on their deathbed, he had not yet married at that time, and the money for his daughter-in-law was to be calculated separately in the family property, he should take the eldest son of the family.

But now don't talk about the little head, if you want to spend a little money, you have to ask for it from the eldest brother, how willing is he!

He is not the child he was at the beginning, he now has a wife and children, and he also wants to start a household.

What did the eldest brother let him do? didn't teach him anything, only let him run errands, and was embarrassed to say that because he was a family, he couldn't trust others, only him. obviously wants to raise him as a waste, he can only rely on his eldest brother for the rest of his life, and he doesn't want to get his family property back for the rest of his life.

How beautiful Qin Er is doing! Watching Qin San make a mistake, and then he went to the big shot, how about it, as soon as he turned over, the entire Qin family fell into his hands!

Now, his eldest brother has made a mistake too......

Can he be ...... too? Yes? Isn't it?

How Zhao Sanlang didn't feel itchy in his heart.

But Zhao Sanlang is still a little self-aware, his own business management skills are mediocre, and he is not as practical and willing to work as the second brother, so he plans to pull the second brother together to oppose the eldest brother.

Zhao Erlang did more than Zhao Sanlang because he knew more about the methods of the eldest brother and the situation of the Zhao family. This is really not a good place for everyone.

He didn't want to offend the eldest brother, nor did he want to denounce the third brother.

Therefore, when the eldest brother asked at this time, he could only vaguely fool around.

Zhao Yuanwai said coldly: "The third child's thoughts are all written on his face, but he has a few catties and a few taels, and he knows it himself, otherwise, he ran away as early as when he heard that Qin Er threw himself over there, maybe he will kill me now." He came to you? ”

Zhao Erlang immediately expressed his loyalty: "How can it." Big brother, I'm ...... and the third child listen to you. ”

Zhao Yuanwai glanced at him, "Don't get involved with the third child." ”

Zhao Erlang hurriedly responded, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The room fell silent for a while, and after a long time, Zhao Yuanwai spoke, "Second brother, you go to Wendeng County." ”

Zhao Erlang was puzzled and said, "Wendeng? ”

Zhao Yuanwai looked at Chengchen, his eyes were a little hollow, and said: "Now the whole city is afraid that they are all staring at the Wei family and our family, I can't move, only you go to run." Don't be afraid, I'll tell you, you go to Wenden to find ......"

*

The Wei family really hasn't moved much now.

Because Wei Jiafan's panting horses were basically ridden out to deliver letters.

Dengzhou is far away from Jinan Mansion, and Ludong is mountainous, so it takes three or four days to gallop day and night. This one back and forth......

Wei Yuanwai can't pull up a group of people to carry the government - and don't say that it is a rebellion, even the political envoy can't protect him, even if he doesn't say the rebellion, the splashes of Mandengzhou City have been dragged to the beach to dig sand and repair the harbor, and he can't make it up.

For today's plan, the only thing that can be used is the word "drag".

pretending to be sick, all the people and so on are pretending to be sick. From Zhuangtou to Zhuangke, passive resistance, all kinds of nonsense, all kinds of non-cooperation with Qingzhang.

Of course, this effect is extremely limited. The officials who came to Qingzhang Tianmu didn't care whether they cooperated or not.

Wei Yuanwai felt that he was afraid that he was going to be really sick, so Zhenri lay on the couch and pinched his fingers to count the days.

When he came out of the government that day, he immediately wrote a letter asking someone to send it away, three days, three and a half days, it's time to send it, right?

The messenger was the son of the Wei family, a loyal servant of several generations, extremely reliable, who came out with two horses, day and night, galloping all the way to Jinan Mansion, and the skin of his thighs was worn out and he endured it.

Although the Yamen of the Political Envoy also has an official residence, due to the limited space, each house is not large - compared to the large mansion of the five entrances, the three entrances are a little smaller. Therefore, basically the left and right political envoys, the left and right political envoys, and the left and right senators all have private residences outside.

This is not the first time that this messenger has come to Jinan Mansion, so he naturally knows this, and he went all the way to Zhang's Mansion and dismounted from the West Corner Gate. He almost rolled off because of the leg injury, and forced himself to move to the door in sharp pain.

Stuffed a lot of silver to the doorkeeper, he lowered his voice and said urgently: "Dengzhou's urgent letter, it's really a fatal matter, please report it to Lord Zhang quickly." ”

The porter skillfully collected the money, and when he heard that it was Dengzhou, he couldn't help but pause.

This is not the first time that Dengzhou has sent a letter, and every time it says that 100,000 is urgent, but ...... There was no movement in the house. It can be seen that their 100,000 urgency may not be the 100,000 urgency of adults.

The political envoy has not yet stepped down. The porter only reported to the steward inside, and Dengzhou sent a letter. Sure enough, they didn't pay attention to it at all, and they didn't tell them to invite adults.

It took a long time before a master came forward to receive the messenger.

The master asked casually, but he didn't expect to hear a big thing, and he didn't care about talking to the messenger no matter how high he jumped, so he hurriedly ran to find Master Qi, the chief staff member beside Zhang Ji.

The letters sent before Dengzhou talked about the civil unrest and the closure of the shop.

In this regard, Zhang Ji was naturally very unhappy, and scolded the fool in the study.

Master Qi thought it was true, the Wei family was indeed stupid, but how clever can a country man be? It's already happening, it's up to them to take advantage of it.

Dong Weng still wrote a letter to the elder of the pavilion. Again, through the news and Hu Yushi? Master Qi suggested.

Yu Shi Hu Jie is still in Shandong, and he is Liu Jin's person, this matter is in public and private, and Hu Jie's patrol came forward to impeach Shen Rui according to the imperial history.

Moreover, although there was no substantial civil unrest, the people gathered to make trouble because of the purchase of grain, and it was always unfavorable for the magistrate to appease them.

Shen Rui gave food to all the people for no reason - it was the people, not the disaster victims, which was a waste of national funds, and it was okay to participate in another book to invite the people.

Zhang Ji should go down here, and breathe for Hu Jie there. Hu Jie was neat, and soon he had an excerpt in Beijing. Zhang Ji also threw away his hand, and then Dengzhou kept coming to ask for help, but he ignored it.

I didn't expect that Shen Rui, this kid, could still play with Qingzhang Tianmu!

Zhang Ji was also so angry that he jumped to his feet, but he really couldn't stop it.

When he reached the position of a feudal official like him, he couldn't help but pay attention to the dynamics in Beijing and speculate on the emperor's wishes.

The emperor checked the acres of the clan, relatives, and nobles before, and sent people to check the military tun everywhere, which is already obvious.

Shen Rui's move, then the fuck is catering to Shangyi, how can he stop it?!

"Underestimate this little bunny." Zhang Ji gritted his teeth.

Master Qi was also very depressed, and only after a while did he say: "The matter of the fields...... It is no longer possible. Yes...... You can make a fuss about something else. When Hu Yushi's excerpts arrive in Beijing, they can always stir up one or two. ”

Zhang Ji said angrily: "It's to stir up the wind and rain, and the news of Shen Ruiqing's acres of land here will inevitably please the emperor, even if all the adults are eager to eat him, the emperor will not be able to defeat him if he is willing to protect him." Emperor...... Alas......"

This little emperor has such a temper that he doesn't care about, and he is helpless to be a courtier.

Shen Rui, a traitor, only knows how to welcome the emperor!

Now in this matter, it is impossible to help the Wei family, if the acres of land in Dengzhou are lost, it will be lost, but it is impossible for the Wei family to be stupid enough to write his name Zhang Ji on the deed.

Only has a confession, Shen Rui is impeaching him, and he can also say that the Wei family pretended to be an official and deceived him, pushing two five or six.

Thinking of the silver represented by those acres of land, and thinking of the filial piety of the Wei family's three festivals and two longevitys, Zhang Ji couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, especially Hu Jie, who had just scraped him a sum of silver in the name of Liu Jin.

"Let Aunt Wei's maiden family write a letter to Dengzhou." Zhang Ji said with a dark face.

Since the Wei family has been abolished, then simply squeeze out all the silver that can be squeezed out.

Let Aunt Wei's maiden family come forward to ask for silver, and the Wei family will have this life-saving straw at this time, and there must be nothing to do.

Yinzi walked around Aunt Wei's maiden house, and it had nothing to do with him, it was all "housework between relatives of the concubine's mother's family". If the family is not strictly governed and the internal curtain is not repaired, it will not be impeached on his head.

Master Qi nodded yes, and now it is only serious to get the silver that can be taken as soon as possible.

Zhang Ji walked around the study twice, thought for a while, suddenly sneered, and said, "Doesn't the little rabbit cub have a heart of compassion and purity?" Okay, let all beings go to him for transcendence. ”

The prefect of Shen opened a warehouse to release grain to help the victims, and the victims from all over the country would naturally be moved by the wind and gather in Dengzhou.

How much grain can be stored in Dengzhou? What else is the Zhuzi Shecang built!

What if the acres are cleared? Not long after sowing seeds at this season, the seedlings are only an inch high, and the fields cannot be turned into grain!

When Dengzhou was full of pits and valleys, thousands of people were waiting to eat with their mouths wide open, looking at Shen Rui, a little rabbit cub, who still had time to clear the fields!

Master Qi smiled and praised: "Dong Weng is clever! This 'disaster relief disadvantage' cannot be escaped. And if the people have not received the food before, then the people's hearts are always insufficient, and if they have received it before, and the plague people come, they will have no part of them, but they are afraid of ...... It's still going to be a fuss. ”

His eyes flashed, "If there is a 'civil unrest' this time, I don't know if it can be successfully suppressed." ”

The corner of Zhang Ji's mouth sneered, and said, "Then it depends on his means." In the old days, he was also famous in Beijing for his good disaster relief. When he arrived in Shandong, he became more and more profitable, and he was also able to suppress bandits. Well, let's wait and see. ”

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