"The county lord strategized and killed hundreds of Haikou people, which is really something that has never been done in our dynasty, and the officials admire it!"

In the second hall of the county government, the county Cheng Huang seemed to be flattering with a smile on his face.

When Haikou attacked the city, he was as frightened as He Zhushu and Cui Dianshi, and he couldn't say a word. Now that Haikou has been defeated, he has returned to his high-spirited and spitting state.

Ning Xiu smiled and nodded, and took all the sycophants of Huang Yidao.

To be honest, he didn't expect Li Dan to be so unbeaten, maybe Li Dan's strength at this time is like this.

The documents for the imperial court have already been sent, and I believe that they will appear in the Forbidden City Imperial Case in more than a month.

Ning Xiu didn't care too much about rewarding him. But it would be great to be able to take this opportunity to strengthen the emperor's impression of him.

Jane is in the emperor's heart, these four words are not something that anyone can do.

"Huang Xiancheng, this matter of counting the heads has to be stepped up. After the inventory was completed, someone was sent to the Beijing Division, and the military department checked and checked. ”

Although these heads are not worth much, they can be exchanged for some silver after all. What's more, these are clear proofs of Ning Xiu's merits, and they must be shown to the imperial court.

"Yes, the next official will do it."

"Cui Dianshi."

"Ahh

Seeing that the county zun turned to himself, Cui Dianshi was very worried.

"The battle of defending the city Cui Dianshi is well scheduled, and this official has also spoken for you in the recital of reporting to the imperial court."

"Thank you county, thank you county!"

Cui Dianshi's busy Chongning practice ceremony showed goodwill.

He really didn't expect that Shangguan would give him some of the credit in the performance of the meritorious service. This Ning Xiu is really impressive.

In fact, when defending the city, where did Cui Dianshi have any effect, it was like a wooden stake, at most it didn't add to the chaos.

"Master He and Huang Xiancheng, you are also meritorious."

Ning Xiu continued to smile and said, "This official has spoken for you in the above table. ”

The two of them immediately looked at Ning Xiu gratefully, and they couldn't even say anything with excitement.

"Not only are you meritorious, but every soldier who defends the city is meritorious. Not only should the court be rewarded, but the officials should also be rewarded. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were stupid.

The civil and military are cheap, and it was already the norm for civil officials to despise military generals in the late Ming Dynasty, not to mention those Qiu Ba.

The Ning County Order not only repays these Qiu Ba, but also rewards them in the name of a private person, what kind of nobility is this.

"The county respects the high righteousness, and the lower officials admire it."

Huang Xian Ling rolled his eyes, and immediately sent a sycophant.

Ning Xiu pressed his hand down, and said in a harmonious voice: "I also hope that your colleagues can work together with this official to govern Xiangshan County well in the future." ”

Everyone patted their chests again and again and assured that they must be closely around Ning County Ling, and Wei Ning County Ling is looking forward.

After these county officials retreated, Ning Xiu went to see the veterans of the Qi family army and the mercenaries of the Franc Machine.

All of them showed great fighting power in this battle. Others may not know, but Ning Xiu knows that if there were no people in this battle, I am afraid that Haikou would have captured Xiangshan County long ago.

Qi Wen and these people are Qi Jiguang's family members, so they are naturally very loyal. As for the Franc Mercenaries, their performance was worthy of every tael of silver spent on hiring them.

Ning Xiu intended to subdue these mercenaries, so he encouraged them and rewarded them with fifty taels of silver each, and the Qi family army was also rewarded with the same amount.

The commission of these mercenaries is only fifty taels a year, and after receiving this reward, they are naturally very grateful to Ning Xiu, although they did not clearly say that they would follow Ning Xiu to the death, but they are almost the same.

Ning Xiu was secretly proud in his heart. With these fifteen Franc mercenaries, his flintlock plan can be quickly put on the agenda. As soon as he came up with a blueprint, the mercenaries could go through it with the craftsmen, and sooner or later they could get the flintlock pistol out.

Professional and technical talents are precious in any era. Ning Xiu would naturally cherish them well.

After all this was done, Ning Xiu could calm down and deal with the government affairs of Xiangshan County.

Generally, the county commander cannot get started quickly after taking office, largely because he is not familiar with personnel.

Ning Xiu did not have this problem. At the beginning of his tenure, he took the opportunity of the office to show his posture to the Liufang Bookstore, believing that these people would know how to do it as long as they were not stupid.

The specific affairs Ning Xiu has already arranged for Huang Xiancheng, He Zhushu, and Cui Dianshi, and he only needs to grasp the general.

Generally speaking, Xiangshan County is a relatively wealthy county, and the predecessor did not leave a black hole for Ning Xiu...

But Ning Xiu still had two tricky things to do right now. One of the most important is the collection of this year's autumn tax.

The Ming Dynasty collected two taxes in the spring and autumn, and only collected silver taels after Zhang Juzheng's whip law reform. In the Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation was serious, and there were countless hidden households.

The gentry and landlord officials did not dare to provoke, and most of the tax was apportioned to the ordinary people.

It is because the people's days are getting more and more miserable, and finally they are overwhelmed and uncovered.

This is also the cause of the widespread rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty.

It is naturally impossible for a genius politician like Zhang Juzheng not to see this.

He proposed to re-measure the land throughout the country, intending to classify those hidden fields as terra nullius, but there were many problems in implementation, and the reason was that the Ming Dynasty's control over the local area was too low.

The Ming court seems to be strong, but it is strong on the outside.

Some people often ridicule that the Son of Heaven's decree does not leave the Forbidden City, and the cabinet's order is slightly better, but it can't get out of the Shuntian Mansion.

It can be said that Zhang Juzheng's reform is the last chance for the Ming Dynasty to continue his life, and if he misses this opportunity, it is really a slow death.

Since Ning Xiu has been gone for such a time, he will naturally not be willing to be a spectator. Now he is going to take care of the tax himself.

After thinking about it, Ning Xiu took a few small officials and went out of the city under the escort of Qi Wen and others.

He didn't know the county honor guard, so he walked very fast, and it didn't take long for him to come to Taoyuan Village, the largest village in Xiangshan County.

Taoyuan Village has a total of 500 households and 2,700 people, which can be described as a super village.

It has always been a large tax-paying village in Xiangshan County, and the payment of field tax accounts for 30% of the total tax amount in Xiangshan County.

It was the Synin Order who chose to come here first to inspect it.

A small official said while leading the way in front: "County honor, please look, the front is the entrance of the village." Usually, if there is any major event, the village chief will gather the villagers here. ”

Ning Xiu nodded.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court's control over the local area was very weak, and basic local administrative affairs were delegated to the patriarch and village head.

The so-called imperial power does not go down to the county, and that's what it says.

Ning Xiu paced forward with his hands behind his back, and Qi Wen and the others followed closely.

This Taoyuan Village is not only big enough, but also very rich.

Ning Xiu looked around, only to see rows of brick houses neatly arranged.

This is a very rare thing, you must know that most of the village dwellings in this era were grass huts.

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