"Your Excellency?" Du Youheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "Thank you, subordinates, for your support." ”

He was originally the commander of Xining Wei from the third grade, but in the Ming Dynasty, where the civil and military officials were noble, and the military attaché from the third rank saw the fifth, sixth, and even seventh-grade civil officials, they all had to kneel and salute, and the status between them can be seen, and his original command and knowledge of the same position was not the chief official of a place, and the power, oil and water could not be the same as the chief officer.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is easy to change from a civilian official to a military attaché, and it is likely that the grade will be greatly improved, such as Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, etc., are successful examples, although their fate is not consistent, but to change from military attache to civilian official, in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are few examples, and what is commendable is not even found in the history books.

More importantly, Li Zicheng promoted him to the position of Qipinzhi County, which is obviously a trust in him, and it is also a reuse of him, as for whether Li Zicheng will become a thief in the future, it is no longer important, he is now a subordinate of Li Zicheng, he has been labeled as Li Zicheng, even if he wants to get off the thief ship, it is impossible for the time being.

"Youheng, get up and speak," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This Beichuan County is still the most familiar to you!" ”

"My lord, my subordinates should get Beichuan County up and running as soon as possible," Du Youheng pressed his hands to the ground when he got up, and stroked his ribs twice, obviously not lightly injured, "It's just ...... It's just that Beichuan County doesn't have a city, how do subordinates work? ”

"The matter of the city, take a slow step first, build it again in the spring, or build the military camp and official office first, less than ten miles to the west, it is Niangniang Mountain, first build a temporary military camp and official office according to the mountain," Li Zicheng pointed to the native soldiers kneeling on the ground with his hand, "These prisoners of war will be handed over to you for use, and in the process of use, we must strengthen their supervision and education, and those who are at ease for the people can be released after the city is built." ”

"Yes, sir." With these unpaid laborers, Du Youheng has a few less worries about the construction of the county government.

"The Turen have lost their Great Tusi, it is a good time to return to the heart, I will leave the two hundred households here to assist you, as for the affairs of the Turen, I plan to temporarily appoint Chen Jiu, the retainer of the Great Tusi, as the criminal master of Beichuan County, however, you can rest assured, Beichuan County is dominated by you, and he is only assisting you, especially to strengthen the control of the Turen."

"My subordinates understand!" Regarding the relationship between the magistrate and the master, although Du Youheng was born as a military attaché, he still understood in his heart that he had just been appointed as the magistrate of Beichuan, and he didn't even get the edict documents, and he didn't dare to bring it up even if he had thorns in his heart.

"Chen Jiu, come here," Li Zicheng beckoned to Li Jiu, "Now appoint you as the master of the criminal people of Beichuan County, you have to assist Youheng to make the county government work as soon as possible, in addition, tell the people in this neighborhood in the local language that they will no longer have to pay rent to the big Tusi in the future - Beichuan County no longer has a Tusi, and instead pays taxes to the county government, with a tax rate of fifteen and one tax." ”

"Fifteen taxes one?" Chen Jiu's two small eyes rolled around, "My lord...... In the past, the rent of the big toast was ten taxes and three ...... Did the villain mishear? ”

"You heard him right," Li Zicheng patted him on the shoulder, "just tell them like this, remember to use the local language, so that each of them can understand!" ”

"My lord, don't use the native language," Chen Jiu knelt on the ground, which can be regarded as a representative of the local people to thank Li Zicheng for his light tax, "The native people can speak Chinese...... In fact, few people know the language of the natives themselves. ”

"Can you speak Chinese?" Li Zicheng's heart throbbed, since he knew Chinese, the relationship between the natives and the Han people should be very close, why did the imperial court set up a toast here?

In this case, why not start from Beichuan and officially incorporate the Huangshui Basin into the core area of the Han nation?

After thinking for a moment, Li Zicheng said: "Tell them that due to the adjustment of the identity of some people from herdsmen to cultivators, all the population of Beichuan County needs to be re-registered," he asked Chen Jiu to get up, "But when registering, all the population must be registered as Han people, and only those who are registered as Han people will get twenty acres of cultivated land for each ding, and the sooner they register, the better the cultivated land will be allocated to the estuary." ”

The old man blinked his eyes, and even the Ming Dynasty did not change the land and return to the stream, could he be a scum and a sinner of the local people? Li Zicheng's eyes were fixed on his face, and Du Youheng's gaze also circled around him.

Time seemed to stand still, Chen Jiu couldn't wait to jump into the Beichuan River, and a fierce man plunged into the bottom of the water to hide.

"Chen Jiu, is there a problem?" Li Zicheng smiled, he didn't mean to force it at all, but seemed to discuss it with him.

For Chen Jiu, this kind of smile is more uncomfortable than Chen Youdao scolding him, sticking to him, and even threatening to kill him, this soft and intimidating smile makes him lose the courage to refuse.

But Chen Jiu knew that this kind of issue related to the future of the nation, he might not count it.

"The first naturalized natives can get subsidies for Weili's farm tools and cattle, once the cultivated land is allocated, they just want to be naturalized, and there is no suitable land," Li Zicheng's language did not seem to be mixed with any threat, but in Guanyin's motherly smile, it was like a tight spell, so that Chen Jiu could not refuse, "I said, follow me, I will not treat you badly, if this matter is done, I will give you five hundred taels of silver, and in the future Beichuan County, there will also be a set of two mansions for you, I will not embarrass you, where to go, you choose." ”

"My lord," Chen Jiu gritted his teeth, "bang", and fell to his knees, "The villain is willing to give it a try!" ”

"Just do your best," Li Zicheng smiled, "It doesn't matter if a few people oppose it, we have cavalry, Ao, by the way, they will go to copy the Great Tusi Mansion in a while, you go to be a guide for us, if you take a fancy to which girl of the Chen family, Lord Ben will make the decision for you." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Chen Jiu knocked his head with a "dong dong" sound, and a shallow groove appeared on the blue-gray soil, the second lady of the Chen family, he has coveted it for a long time, especially her fat # buttocks, which is quite upturned and full, obviously the auspicious appearance of many sons, which made him drool I don't know how much, but she has never looked at him with her eyes, looking tall and unattainable.

He is just an ordinary retainer of the Chen family, and the difference in identity and status between the two is too great, every time he sees her from afar, he can only swallow his saliva secretly, if ...... If you can crush her underneath you...... Chen Jiu went out, "The villain must follow the requirements of the adults...... Require the Turen to register as Han Chinese, as long as someone takes the lead...... Let's start with a small person! ”

"Go, I'm waiting for your good news!"

Chen Jiu shouted to the natives who were cultivating the fields, the main purpose was propaganda, they themselves were not the focus, the natives who had come to the banks of Beichuan either saw huge benefits from farming, or they were dissatisfied with the serious exploitation of the big toast, and they had already turned their hearts to the Han people.

Li Zicheng did not send soldiers to follow, but asked Li Guo to tie up the native soldiers one by one, preparing to stay as laborers to build houses and cities, as for their families, they don't need to pay attention to it for the time being, leaving a chance for their future naturalization, if they really want to kill their whole family, they have become singles, and there are no worries, and the matter is difficult to solve.

After Chen Jiu finished his impassioned speech to the natives, Li tied up the natives prematurely, leaving a few soldiers to guard them, and the rest of the seventy or eighty cavalry, plus Li Zicheng's own soldiers, prepared to kill Hutou Mountain.

Hutou Mountain is located on the west bank of Beichuan, thirty miles southeast of the cultivation site, almost close to the west bank of Beichuan.

With Chen Jiu as a guide, Li Zicheng was not worried about the path, he asked the soldiers to rest for a while, replenish some water and dry food, and it was not until Shen Shizhong that the army went straight to Hutou Mountain.

There is a village called Songjiazhuang at the west foot of Hutou Mountain, Chen Youdao's Datusi Mansion is in the center of Zhuangzi, and the houses of the villagers on all sides are surrounded by stars and moons, which is not only to highlight the central position of the Chen family, but also to protect the Chen family.

When Li Zicheng arrived at Songjiazhuang, it was almost time to hold the lamp, it was dinner time, the villagers who came and went were scarce, there were almost no pedestrians, but when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, many villagers looked out through the doors and windows, men, women and children, seeing these fierce and vicious strange cavalry, some people had a premonition that something was going to happen to Zhuangzi, and the timid women quickly pulled their men and children closer to the house, and closed the doors and windows.

Chen Jiu took the lead, and the cavalry rushed straight to the main gate of the Great Tusi Mansion, surrounding the Great Tusi Mansion.

The Great Tusi Mansion is a high-gate compound, the wall is not only tall and thick, but also the depth of the seat is also very open.

Above the vermilion lacquer gate, there are four golden characters: Da Tusi Mansion, perhaps because of dinner time, there is no mansion outside the door, only a pair of stone lions looking at each other in the air, looking a little lonely.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, two servants pushed open a crack in the door, and one poked his head out, and when he saw that it was a stranger, he asked, "Who are you?" Ate the bear's heart leopard gall and rushed to the front of the big toast mansion to make a noise? ”

Chen Jiu squeezed out of the crowd and came to the front of the mansion, and he also shouted: "Chen Youdao betrayed Xining, and he has been sentenced to death, and the imperial army came to seal the Datusi Mansion. ”

Nafu Ding was taken aback when he heard that Chen Youdao was punished, he knew that Chen Youdao led Qingzhuang to stop Xiningwei from resettling the people in Beichuan, and when he saw many cavalry, his heart became more and more panicked, and he was stunned for a while.

"Get out of the way!" Chen Jiu put his foot on the vermilion lacquer gate, turned around and made a move, the soldiers swarmed in, and the two mansions wanted to close the door, but it was too late, so they had to run to the backyard and hurriedly pass the message.

Chen Youdao's younger brother Chen Youlu got the information, hurriedly took the house ding, came to see what was going on, the soldiers saw the man, and they didn't ask who it was, they shot directly, Chen Youdao and the house Ding suddenly fell in a pool of blood, his body was full of holes, and the blood was circulating, like a bucket of pig blood poured on a hornet's nest.

Seeing that Chen Youlu was killed, the remaining mansions estimated that Chen Youdao's father and son were executed, and in front of the murderous sword light, they raised their hands and surrendered, kneeling in the lobby and not daring to raise their heads.

There were also a few clever courtiers, knowing that things were not going well, so they hurriedly broke into the inner room, grabbed some silver indiscriminately, climbed over the wall, and tried to escape while there was chaos, but they were caught by the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time, and the silver was left behind and the living were killed.

Li Zicheng slowly came to the inner room surrounded by his own soldiers, and the women were gathered in one place, maybe they were frightened by the killing, maybe it was the instinctive reaction of the women, and the crying and screaming were piercing.