Around the Bianhe River, the manor where the former scholars and ministers went out to play has all been converted into cultivated land.

At the beginning, Yang Lin was in charge of this matter, and he did it very thoroughly, and solved the food crisis that often occurred in Bianliang in one fell swoop.

Now, even if the Bianhe River is not connected, the city will not be immediately without food.

It was late spring, and on both sides of the river were sweating croppers, and beside the fields were women and children who had come to deliver food.

The east wind blew gently, and from time to time there were bursts of bold singing on the surface of the river with white scales, and the fisherman laughed and threw his net into the water, and the boatman shook the oars vigorously and echoed a few words.

A big city with more than a million people has countless legends and praiseworthy stories in the market.

Soon after the renovation, Yang Lin did not choose to go by water.

A few fast horses took the lead, leading a team of 10,000 people behind him, and went straight to Jingzhao Mansion.

Along the way, the county did not enter, and as soon as it was dark, they camped on the spot, buried the pot and made rice, which was no different from marching, and went straight to Xingyang, Zhengzhou Prefecture.

Two days later, at sunset, Xingyang officials greeted Yang Lin's guard of honor outside the city gate.

The army was stationed outside, and eight hundred guards escorted Yang Lin to the front of the mansion.

Xingyang is located in Gyeonggi Province, close to Kaifeng and close to Bianliang, and the officials here are familiar with Yang Lin.

Liu Xinting, the governor of Zhengzhou, stood at the forefront, and behind him was the prefect of Xingyang, the general judge, and a number of Taoist chiefs of the local Taoist temple.

The inspection of the yamen in Hebei catches the head, and with a nervous expression, he leads one hundred and ten yamen to maintain order.

As soon as the crimson banner came into view, the crowd of people who greeted them was in an uproar, and the bureaucrats lifted their robes and slowly walked a few steps forward. The gong and drum corps organized by the local gentry were noisy, and the sound of firecrackers was dense and connected, and the smoke of gunfire was everywhere for a while.

The guards were lined up on both sides, and Yang Lin wore a purple-gold official uniform and two official hats with wings, and walked over slowly.

"Welcome to His Royal Highness King Yue." "Yang Shaozai turned out to be hard!" "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, disciple greetings to the arrival of the Chiyang Patriarch!"

After the messy welcome speech, Liu Xinting at the front said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue has been dusty all the way, and he has worked hard from afar. ”

Yang Lin glanced at him, this Zhengzhou Zhizhou was very young, with a little dark skin, not like an ordinary scholar.

"Liu Zhizhou is young, and he can manage such an important place as Zhengzhou, which can be regarded as a young man." Yang Lin asked lukewarmly, being in a high position at such a young age is very likely to be a relational household.

When Liu Xinting heard this, he thought to himself, if you want to talk about being young and climbing fast, how can you compare with you, and replied with a smile: "The lower official is just wrong to be valued by the imperial court, and compared with His Royal Highness, it is not worth mentioning." His Royal Highness has more majesty than he did a year ago. ”

"Oh? Have you seen me? ”

At this time, a middle-aged official behind him stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Liu Zhizhou built a city in Yunnei and made four great achievements before he was promoted by the officials. ”

It turned out to be his own people, Yang Lin was suspicious, and followed them into the city with a smile.

"We have already set up a banquet in the restaurant in the city to catch the wind and wash the dust for His Highness, please change to a carriage, and then drink happily when you arrive at the place."

When Yang Lin heard it, this was the first stop of his inspection, and if the tone was set, it would be to eat, drink and have fun in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Not to mention that the meaning of the inspection will be lost, even time will not allow it, and I am afraid that it will not be three or four years later to inspect the whole world like that.

"The banquet is gone, and the king is tired all the way, and now he wants to go and rest for a while. Bring the official documents that need to be prepared from the Secretary of General Affairs. ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and had no choice but to say yes.

This is near Bianliang, and the officials are very puzzled, not that Yang Shaozai is greedy for money, lustful, and romantic, how can he be diligent and honest.

Yang Lin took Lu Qian and other guards, did not change carriages, and rode horses under the guidance of the Duke of Xingyang to Qinchaxingyuan.

Xingyuan covers an area of nearly an acre, is a local gentry's manor, divided into the front yard and the east and west across the courtyard, now the west across the courtyard is all picked up, temporarily made the Qin errand line.

After a while, the official document of Zhengzhou Mansion was moved, and Yang Lin held a small green melon in his hand and flipped through the official document.

It records the problems encountered and the solutions after the implementation of the new policy in a very regular manner.

Originally, the service law of the Great Song Dynasty was that the people took turns to serve in the state and county according to their households, but the new law was changed to the state and county officials to pay for the service. The cost of conscription is drawn from the local tax, and it is necessary to write down the details and report it to the imperial court, and the official households, monks, etc., who were originally exempted from military service, also pay the same money.

In this way, the problem of labor shortage was solved, and the young and strong people who were assigned to the forced labor during the busy farming period went to the yamen to work as errands, and the cultivated land at home was often untended and needed to be leased out, so it was difficult to live this year.

And they go on errands, without a penny, what kind of work are they doing? It can be said that there are all kinds of work, and all the work has to be done, and it is also the biggest reliance of the officials and masters of the Song Dynasty.

Every year, the common people voluntarily do the "titles" such as lizheng, household head, and township scrivener to help go to the countryside to collect taxes; There are "positions" such as elders, archers, and strong men to be responsible for catching thieves; There are names such as inheritance, manpower, hand power, and scattered servants to serve the officials of the genuine brand.

Some of them are also more famous, such as Cao Si and Zhulu in the county-level yamen; The prefecture Cao Si and Confucius in the state-level yamen, as well as the miscellaneous duties assigned at all levels, such as waiting and picking, cannot be counted, and they must be borne by ordinary people, and the key is that they are not paid.

On the contrary, it is the gentry's family, there is no need for conscription, and now the gentry want to continue to be exempt from conscription, so they can only pay money.

After paying the money, the local government took the money and hired people to work as errands. The official servants have changed from temporary workers to regular workers, and they are no longer obligatory, but work with wages.

As a result, the rural residents who used to take turns to serve as slaves returned to their hometowns to work in the fields, and the households that originally enjoyed the privilege of being exempted from labor had to pay the service money, and many peasants were exempted from labor service, and the government also increased their income and gave those idle people in society a bite to eat.

However, the gentry have to bear an extra part of the service money, and this group of people is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so they are naturally unwilling to suffer this loss.

In fact, this article is very similar to Wang Anshi's original conscription law, but it is more thorough, and the most harmful errand law has been abolished.

Wang Anshi did not dare to cancel it completely, because the financial situation at the beginning did not allow it, and the imperial court could not come up with money to support the servants themselves. And you canceled this, there is so much work in the official office, don't you have to do it yourself by the noble officials.

Wang Anshi didn't dare to completely offend all the officials, so although his new law was already very advanced, there were compromises everywhere.

Yang Lin is different, first of all, he relied on force to take power, and he offended the old officials all over again. You disagree? Yes, either resign and get out, or the head falls to the ground. The reason why there have been gentry rebellion in Jiangnan is that they have moved this big cake, and the privileges of the heavenly scholar family for more than ten years have been shattered by Yang Lin.

The second is that today's commercial taxes are high, several times higher than before, and Yang Lin has this confidence.

Yang Lin and his henchmen, often say that the earth-shaking new law, the change lies in this.

Today's people can pay a certain amount of money to get unimaginable free time, which can be used to do their own work and earn money to support their families; The imperial government can get money to recruit people to work as errands, which can expand the number of people employed, reduce the number of idle people in society, and not only enable the normal operation of the state apparatus, but also eliminate all kinds of crises in the bud.

The reason why Wang Anshi failed at the beginning was that he touched the interests of the scholars, and after he was demoted, the first thing to be changed back to was the conscription law.

This is the prototype of the civil service system in later generations, Yang Lin can't imagine that there is a better way, since the Qin Dynasty, the Han people were born with heavy shackles of forced labor, and it has not been split until now.

This is the first best policy to save the people, but the resistance is also great, it is conceivable that if Yang Lin encounters an accident at this time, this new law will become a flash in the pan of historical dust. It may be a thousand years from now.

Yang Lin flipped to the back and found a record of the resistance encountered by the government, which was indeed full of writing.

All kinds of treacherous methods were used against the government, especially the gentry and temples.

The reason why Buddhism is so popular among the people is because the property of the temple is not taxed, and many officials and gentry link the land under their name to the temple, or even simply their own home temple.

Liu Xinting's methods are very decisive, and Gongwen Mountain records that he arrested and confiscated many gentry homes, but he was very troubled by the monks' problems.

Yang Lin laughed, took a bite hard, threw the melon, and said, "Let Liu Xinting come to see me." ”

After a while, Liu Xinting entered the courtyard, and saw Yang Lin lighting the lamp and reading the official document again, and there were cups and plates on the table that had not been cleaned up, and he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart.

Sure enough, it was a rumor and slander, how could a person like Shaozai be a greedy and womanizer, this is simply a model of a good contemporary official.

"Your Highness."

Yang Lin beckoned and said, "You see, as recorded above, Xingyang Shiquan Temple, there are 3,000 hectares of fertile land under its name. How much arable land is there in the whole Xingyang, and so many places do not pay rent, how much money does the imperial court lose every year? ”

Liu Xinting looked embarrassed and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this Shiquan Temple... It is a famous temple built in the Han Dynasty, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism Hui Ke had been stationed in Xi to practice here, the history is long, and the style of the sect is long. It can be described as a deep Zen rhyme, a long history, passed down from generation to generation, and lasting. ”

Yang Lin slapped the table impatiently and said, "This king heard that you introduced the temple here, you don't want to be a governor, and you want to change your career to be a tour guide?" ”

Although Liu Xinting didn't know what a tour guide was, when he saw that Yang Lin was no longer good-tempered outside the city, he sued again and again.

Yang Lin pointed to the two words Shiquan on the official document, and said contemplatively: "I'll give you one night to calculate the service money they owe, and not a single one of them can be bad." Tomorrow I will lead the troops to collect it, but I can't get the money before noon, and your position as the governor of Zhengzhou is not guaranteed, and maybe you will be punished for dereliction of duty. ”

Liu Xinting was in a cold sweat, and the speed of this face change was too fast, and when he was still in a daze, Yang Lin said impatiently: "Liu Zhizhou has this self-confidence, and he can figure it out in one night?" ”

"Huh? ... The lower official is stupid, can't, one night... One night is already a short time. ”

"Then don't go yet!"