"Squire Gu, you are also a person with face, how can you do such a laid-off thing!"

Seeing that Gu Zhidao actually used such a scoundrel method, Chen Zilong frowned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info His voice was cold, but there was an irresistible majesty.

"Lord Chen, don't stand and talk, don't have a backache, if your family's 7,000 acres of land are directly confiscated by the government like this, see if you can still talk as easily!" Gu Zhidao, who was sitting on the ground, looked directly at Chen Zilong with hatred, gritted his teeth and said.

"Gu Zhidao, you are so reckless and uncontrollable, you don't really want to fight against the government to the end, right?" Chen Zilong's face was solemn, and his tone became colder and colder.

After he finished speaking, four or five heavily armed soldiers immediately approached Gu Zhidao silently.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the housekeeper on the side hurriedly walked over, leaned into Gu Zhidao's ear and whispered: "Master Gu, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat." When it is time to shrink the head, it is not too late to shrink the head, this revenge of seizing the land, and revenge in the future. ”

Gu Zhizhi's face was pale, knowing that this matter was irretrievable, he shook his head and sighed: "Alas, let's go, I can't imagine that my Gu Zhidao is shrewd, and I actually fell in love with Li Xiao's way, what can I say." Anyway, this matter can only be settled in the next day. ”

Then, Gu Zhidao, who looked ashamed, slowly left and returned to his mansion with the support of the housekeeper.

Seeing Gu Zhidao leaving, Chen Zilong also ordered to release his family members back.

After those Gu Zhidao's family members were let go, they immediately jumped and fled like frightened rabbits.

Chen Zilong looked at their swiftly fleeing figures, and a contemptuous sneer crossed his face.

Another ten days have passed, and the so-called borderless lands in the entire Huang County and Zhaoyuan County have all been counted and sorted out.

Huangxian, Zhaoyuan, and even the original land of Chifengwei caused a lot of trouble in this activity of confiscating and counting the borderless land, and many landlords and squires like Gu Zhidao made trouble with the inspectors on the spot in order to keep their own land, but they were all forcefully suppressed by Li Xiaojun.

However, Li Xiao acted like this, in fact, there was still a bottom line.

Because some yeoman farmers with fewer acres of land also follow the example of those landlords and squires who conceal their land, and many people report only a dozen acres of acres. After careful consideration, Li Xiao decided not to do too much, at least let these people have basic living conditions.

Therefore, he ordered that all self-cultivated farmers who reported less than 20 mu should make up the amount of 20 mu to ensure the expenses of the whole family.

In this way, the final statistics showed that a total of 320,000 acres of terra nullius land were returned to the government. This large amount of land can be described as pie falling from the sky for Li Xiaojun.

According to Chen Zilong's statistics, about 3,000 families with meritorious military personnel were granted land, and one household was given 40 mu, and a total of 120,000 mu of land was granted.

After the distribution of meritorious soldiers, another 200,000 mu of land will be granted to the displaced people and local landless poor peasants, and a total of 10,000 households can be granted based on 20 mu of land per family, and about 3 to 40,000 people can be resettled.

Since the date of the demarcation of these lands, the soldiers and civilians of Chifengwei can see every day that a large number of selected displaced people have come to Chifengwei from Xuanfu, Beizhili, Henan, and Shandong.

Chifengwei's various agricultural production activities have reached a new climax.

Compared with the homeless people who were given acres of land, grateful to Li Xiao, and reclaimed the land with a smile, and those landlords and squires who lost their land, they all gritted their teeth with hatred for Li Xiao.

That night, more than 20 large landlords and middle-class landlords who had lost their land in Huangxian and Zhaoyuan gathered in the living room of Gu Zhidao's Mansion to discuss countermeasures.

In the living room, everyone first cried and wailed how much land they had lost, and they all used the most vicious language to scold Li Xiao, who was clever in trickery to deceive the land, which made the atmosphere of the venue miserable and miserable.

"Enough!"

Gu Zhidao, who had an angry face, interrupted everyone's crying, and he shouted irritably: "Now that the matter has come to this, what is the use of crying like this!" It is important to find a way to reclaim the land that belongs to each of us! ”

After his words were finished, Wang Shengtong, the middle-aged landlord on the side, said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, Brother Gu's words are right, let's figure out how to regain the land together, it is important." ”

Although this person said the meaning of Gu Zhidao like a repeater, in his heart, the degree of sadness was actually much smaller than that of Gu Zhidao and other earth masters, and there was even a faint hint of happiness.

Because, Wang Shengtong, who has 5,000 acres of land, only concealed 2,000 acres that day, and later, because of his weakness and timidity, he went to add another 1,000 acres of land within the review time allowed by the government. In this way, he actually only underreported 1,000 acres of land, and the loss was only one-fifth, which was much less than that of the big landowners who lost more than half of the land at every turn.

However, the lack of these 1,000 acres of land is enough to make Wang Shengtong's flesh hurt, so this time the landlords held a secret meeting, and Wang Shengtong immediately participated.

"Brother Gu, why don't we directly report to the governor of Shandong, Lord Li, saying that Li Xiao has set up a trick and maliciously plotted to seize our ancestral land, and ask the governor to uphold justice for us."

A landlord sitting in the corner shouted loudly.

A few landlords chirped to show their agreement, but Gu Zhidao sneered.

"You don't know yet, that governor Li Maofang is friendly with Li Xiao. His only son is currently working under Li Xiao's account. I'm just afraid that if the joint letter we are waiting for is handed over, then Li Maofang will work with Li Xiao to rectify us. ”

After Gu Zhidao said this coldly, the room suddenly became noisy.

"What then? Could it be that this Shandong boundary is all controlled by him Li Xiao? How unreasonable is that! A gray-haired and obese landlord said resentfully.

A group of landlords also followed him to express their resentment.

At this time, a landlord seemed to think of something, a trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face, and he whispered to Gu Zhidao: "Brother Gu, isn't your noble son Gu Tai a staff member at the Shandong General Soldier Liu Zeqing, why don't you let him ask Lord Liu to simply send troops to destroy this Li Xiao, who doesn't know the height of the sky!" The food and salary for Lord Liu's troops will be fully supported by us! ”

After listening to the landlord's suggestion, the landlords in the house suddenly became emotional.

"Yes, yes, we will raise all the food and salary, and let Lord Liu send troops to destroy Li Xiao and recapture our land."

"That is, Lord Liu is the general soldier of Shandong, but he is much stronger than Li Xiao's small Chifeng general soldier, as long as he sends troops, Li Xiao's soldiers and horses will definitely not be Lord Liu's opponent."

"Yes, as long as Lord Liu's soldiers go to Chifengwei, we can still act as an internal response, and we will definitely be able to combine the inside and the outside, and kill Li Xiao in one fell swoop!"

Unexpectedly, after everyone finished speaking excitedly, Gu Zhizhi shook his head again and again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know that at the end of last year, Lord Liu suppressed bandits in Henan, and his troops were surrounded by thieves, and ten percent of the soldiers and horses lost seventy percent, which can be described as a complete defeat. He has lost his vitality so much, where are there soldiers and horses to exterminate Li Xiao. Gu Zhidao raised his head and sighed.

"Hmph, if that's the case, Li Xiao's guy, can't be anything, there is no way to deal with him!" A landlord gritted his teeth and cursed.

The landlords complained, and the atmosphere in the room was obviously depressed.

Gu Zhidao looked around at everyone and sneered: "Everyone, although Li Xiao is rampant, it is not completely without loopholes. He thought that if he hugged the thick leg of Shandong Governor Li Maofang, he could act recklessly in Shandong, but it was not so easy! ”

As soon as Gu Zhidao said this, everyone was overjoyed, and they all came to ask Gu Zhidao if he had any good ideas.

"Everyone, in Gu's opinion, why don't we send a lot of money to Lord Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, and don't ask him to send troops, but ask him to forward the opinions of our squires to the imperial court, so that Li Xiao's trickery will be known to the court."

After Gu Zhidao finished speaking, there was no voice of support in the room.

A landlord said suspiciously: "I'm waiting for the village squire, even if General Liu has to transfer the imperial court on his behalf, after all, people are soft-spoken, and the imperial court will probably just ignore it." ”

A sneer crossed Gu Zhidao's face, and he lowered his voice and said to everyone: "I don't know, that kid in my family has heard about it for a long time from Master Liu, and the governor of Shandong, Li Maofang, has long been dissatisfied with him, but he has never caught any tricks on him, which has made him mix up until now." If Liu Zongbing forwarded our letters, it would just give the above an excuse to let the imperial court remove him from his post on the grounds that Li Maofang had no way to control him and aroused public resentment. If a new governor is sent over, we will have room to turn around when we regain the land. ”

As soon as Gu Zhidao's words came out, everyone thought it was wonderful.

A landlord stood up and said confidently: "It is a national policy for the dynasty to attach importance to the squire. Then Li Maofang was tied to the thief ship by Li Xiao, I can't wait. But the new governor will definitely take the stability of Shandong as a consideration, and attach importance to the opinions of our squires. As long as the new governor has this thought, then Li Xiao's good days of doing whatever he wants can be regarded as the end. ”

"That's right, that's right, as long as this new governor comes, I will wait for a good life to be filial piety and woo, and the new governor has a shallow foundation, and there is no reason to turn his elbow outward."

"That's it, in my opinion, I will make a big deal when the boundary comes, and even unite the squires with the heads and faces of the entire Shandong region to make trouble together, then Li Xiao, it will be difficult to step down!"

The landlords were excited, and everyone's faces were full of expectation.

"Okay, since everyone has agreed, then Gu will start with this, and this matter will be handled like this." Gu Zhidao was also excited, and his eyes flashed with scorching brilliance.

Only one day later, starting from Gu Zhidao, he co-wrote a report letter, and made up a total of 3,000 taels of silver, and sent it to Liu Zeqing in Jinan quickly.

Eight days later, Liu Zeqing's secret letter to the imperial court was sent to the Shoufu Wen Tiren Mansion.

After reading the recital, Wen Tiren fell into deep thought with a blank face.

At this time, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, was drinking tea in the prime minister's mansion, and when he saw Wen Tiren thinking like this, he hurriedly asked: "Lord Wen, what are you worried about?" ”

Wen Tiren handed Liu Zeqing's chapter to Cao Huachun, and said lightly: "Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, impeached Li Xiao of Chifengwei in the last chapter, saying that Li Xiao conspired with Li Maofang, the governor of Shandong, to set up a trick to forcibly seize the land of the squire. ”

Cao Huachun listened to Wen Tiren's words, and quickly watched Liu Zeqing's recital, then put down the recital, and said with a complicated expression: "This Liu Zeqing, obviously angry for the public, seeks personal gain, but he is playing grass and hugging rabbits, and wants to take the opportunity to take down Li Maofang and Li Xiao." ”

Wen Tiren said with a smile: "He has this little bit of fancy intestines, and he can see it clearly." It's just that Li Xiaofang sent someone to give him gold and make friends with us, this person is still there, according to Benfu's point of view, even if he offended the squires in Zhaoyuan in Huang County, he should not be lightly moved because of this. ”

Cao Huachun nodded again and again: "Our family also means this, this Li Xiao is a good general of the country, and he knows the times to give you and me a thousand taels of gold, but he is quite a good person." From our family's point of view, why don't we put the blame for disturbing the place and angering the squire on Li Maofang's head. ”

Wen Tiren sneered: "Benfu also has this intention. That Li Maofang, who has been in Shandong for nearly two years, is mediocre and incompetent, has mediocre political achievements, and is a person promoted by the former assistant Zhou Yanru, and has always been alienated from us. But it was just the opportunity to take advantage of the squire's complaint to change his resignation. ”

Cao Huachun sighed: "It's just that this Li Xiao is really young and vigorous, in order to get land, he actually offended all the squires in these two counties at once, which is really reckless." ”

Wen Tiren raised his eyebrows and said: "Gonggong Cao is right, this Chifeng general soldier Li Xiao, although he is deceitful, but he acts so ruthlessly and decisively, compared with one of the mediocre officials all over my great tomorrow, it is really impressive, but he is quite ambitious." ”

Cao Huachun lowered his voice and said: "If this is the case, this ambitious Li Xiao, after a long time, is he still willing to be under our control, bow down and give in?" ”

Wen Tiren snorted: "Then Li Xiao only occupies two counties, even if there are some soldiers and horses, his strength is still weak, and he has no ability to jump out of the palm of the old man's hand." As for the future, in the court, there are still treacherous and secret disputes, and it is really difficult to find out what Li Xiao will do in the future. ”

Wen Tiren paused, sighed lightly, and said: "In short, during the old man's tenure, it is enough to let this Li Xiao obey our orders, and the future will depend on how it is created." ”

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, there was silence in the room for a while.

Cao Huachun broke the silence and asked softly: "Li Xiao's matter, let's not mention it for the time being, then under Wen Shoufu's heart, there is already a suitable candidate to continue to serve as the governor of Shandong?" ”

Wen Tiren said indifferently: "This matter has already been thought about, the original Taichang Shaoqing Yan Jizu, the expiration of the filial piety period, just took the position of the right capital imperial history, replacing Li Maofang as the governor of Shandong. And after this assistant plays the emperor, let's make this personnel change. ”

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After another eight days, in the middle of March, Li Xiao Chifengwei, the planned wasteland has also been reclaimed and improved, everywhere is busy farming, the imperial court came to the will, the former governor of Shandong Li Maofang because of the lack of governance, the people complained, was dismissed, and returned to his hometown to live idle.

And the successor is Yan Jizu, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian, who was originally Taichang Shaoqing, who has always been a close confidant of Wen Tiren, and succeeded Li Maofang as the governor of Shandong with the post of imperial history of the right capital.

After receiving the news that Li Maofang was removed from office and dismissed, Li Xiao was groaning.

He and Li Maofang, to be honest, the friendship is not deep, and many times, there is a lot of resistance, but with Li Maofang's son Li Haoran serving in his army, these unpleasantness have long passed away with the wind.

Now, Li Maofang was finally replaced by Yan Jizu as in history, which still made Li Xiao very emotional. It seems that this historical trend is very difficult to change.

Subsequently, in order to show his past friendship and cooperation, Li Xiao arranged for his son Li Haoran to lead 100 flying harrier cavalry to escort his father back to his hometown in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and asked Li Haoran to bring 1,000 taels of silver and give it to Li Maofang, who returned to his hometown.

Li Haoran was very grateful, and after thanking him repeatedly, Fang left with the Flying Harrier cavalry.

Looking at the back of Li Haoran leading the crowd away, Li Xiao's face was very complicated.

In his heart, he has been thinking about one thing.

That is, I don't know if this new Governor Yan will get along well or not, and whether he will be angry with those squires, so that he will come to find trouble for himself.

This is a problem that Li Xiao has to face seriously. (To be continued.) )