Chen Yan felt that the method Luan Xu said was not so safe, but it was not a matter of concern to him. After Chen Yan got the answer, he chatted a few more words and left with Luan Xu.

After the two of them left, Qin Songwang stood up and walked to the map of Yulin Bay hanging on the wall. Chen Yan's desire to buy land stimulated him a little, and he had been the chairman of the committee for more than half a year, and he still had less than five months left for himself. Now the construction of the ring road is in full swing, and when the road is completed one day, when people talk about this road, they will be praised by Xia Yang and Di Chong. I basically haven't done anything in the past six months, and it seems that I still have to find a way to do something practical, so I have to leave some political achievements for myself.

Xia Yang, Sun Dalei and Liu Guannan came to Lehui County. Although the two of them have the title of deputy head of the land reform team, they have not paid much attention to the land reform work, let alone the specific situation of Lehui County.

On the way, Xia Yang introduced the current situation in Lehui County to the two people. The county seat of Lehui County is located on a small island of two square kilometers at the mouth of a river, the city wall of the whole county is about 370 zhang, the whole county is tightly enclosed, and the southeast and northwest each open a door.

At present, the population of Lehui County is about 10,000 points, covering an area of more than 900 square kilometers, of which more than 400,000 acres of cultivated land can be cultivated, but in fact, it cannot be cultivated so much. Today, Lehui County has more than 60,000 acres of cultivated land, and an average person occupies more than 5 acres. However, the situation of land concentration in Lehui County is relatively serious, for example, the Zhang Gang brothers occupy a total of nearly 1,000 mu of land, and there are almost dozens of tenant farmers in their families. There are also four or five other landlords who occupy an area of more than 1,000 mu, and the landless peasants account for almost 20 percent of the county's population, and can only live entirely by renting land.

There is a tax police force of more than 50 people stationed in the county, led by a senior inspector, and subordinate to the Lehui County Taxation Bureau. Because the county seat is on an island, you have to take a boat to enter and exit the county, which is not very convenient, so Sun Dalei made a provision when he set up the tax police, and he must go back to Yulin Bay every ten days to report the situation in the county.

Xia Yang and the three hired a boat and went to the island on a small boat. Xia Yang didn't miss any opportunity, and talked with the boatman Dong Laxi on the boat for a while. But this boatman has land at home and does this for a living, so he doesn't care much about land reform, and Xia Yang can't ask anything.

Xia Yang did not go directly to Zhang Gang, the county magistrate of Lehui, but first went to the tax bureau to ask about the recent situation in the county, and then discussed with Liu Guannan and Sun Dalei what to say when he went to meet Zhang Gang tomorrow.

Liu Guannan's idea was simple, and he directly told Zhang Gang that the land reform was the will of the imperial court. The return of the ownerless wasteland to the public is not the ownership of Yulin Bay, but the ownership of the imperial court, so that Zhang Gang may not have any objections.

But Sun Dalei felt that this method would not work, and the reason why Zhang Gang could insist on disagreeing all the time was that he must have figured out that land reform meant Yulin Bay, so he was so confident. Therefore, Sun Dalei's suggestion is to take a tough attitude directly, Zhang Gang is not a county order at best, and he has no background, and there is currently a tax police in Lehui County, so he will have a showdown with him directly. As long as the land reform in Lehui County is carried out and the landless peasants are allocated land, they will naturally support the land reform.

Xia Yang felt that neither of these methods was very reliable. Yulinwan needs to be able to complete the land reform as soon as possible, so as to gain the support of the peasant class and obtain a source of soldiers, but on the other hand, it must not have too stiff relations with local officials, and these people are also needed to maintain local law and order and stability. But Xia Yang himself didn't have any good ideas, so he could only talk about it after meeting Zhang Gang.

The next day, Xia Yang and the three of them went to the county government to meet Zhang Gang and gave some gifts. Although Zhang Gang was very reluctant to see Xia Yang, let alone talk about land reform, he did not dare to offend Yulin Bay, so he still received Xia Yang and others.

The two sides met and greeted for a while, Zhang Gang never mentioned the matter of land reform, and Xia Yang was diverted by him as soon as he opened his mouth.

Everyone chatted for half an hour, and Sun Dalei finally couldn't help it: "Lord Zhang, we came this time to talk to adults about land reform and land division." ”

"Well said, well said." Zhang Gang wanted to interrupt again, but Sun Dalei didn't give him this opportunity this time, "My lord, land reform and land division is the intention of the imperial court, and it is also agreed by the prefect of Qiongzhou Mansion, so I want to ask why it doesn't work when I get here." ”

Sun Dalei spoke very politely, and Zhang Gang's face twitched: "Director Sun's words are serious, how can this official say that he is also an official of the imperial court, how can he go against the will of the imperial court." It's just that you don't know that the people of this county have a lot of complaints about the division of land, and if this official forcibly implements it, it may cause a popular uprising, which is not good for you. ”

"Your Excellency." Xia Yang was just about to speak when he was interrupted by Zhang Gang, "Everyone, please believe in the sincerity of this official, this official is absolutely in favor of dividing the land, but this matter still needs to be done slowly, and there is no hurry." ”

Xia Yang tried their best to talk to no avail, Zhang Gang kicked the ball back and forth, but he never let go. Xia Yang was also very helpless, so he could only say goodbye to Sun Dalei and Liu Guannan and return to the tax bureau first.

"This Zhang Gang just doesn't let go." Sun Dalei sat down angrily, "I really want to use some way to get rid of his county order." ”

Liu Guannan said suddenly: "Da Lei, you can't get rid of his county order, but can you think of a way from his brother, I don't believe that his brother has no handle." ”

Sun Dalei looked up at Liu Guannan: "Yes, Guannan, you have a good idea." Let's check on his younger brother, it's best to find out what happened to sue him, and use this to suppress Zhang Gang. ”

"Hey, hey, I'm talking two." Xia Yang was anxious, "When they came out, Shi Xianyang and Fan Qiuming both said that they can't violate our laws, don't embarrass me." ”

"No, Old Xia." Liu Guannan said, "Check their family first, their family has so much land, I don't believe that they all bought it, and there is no trickery in it." ”

"Yes, not only did I check their land, but I also heard that their family also opened several businesses, all of which were in his brother's name." Sun Dalei continued, "Let the tax bureau check on him, as long as he does business, it is impossible to be clear." ”

Xia Yang smiled bitterly: "Let's talk about it first, check it out, if you really want to take any action, you must notify me first, I am the leader of the land reform team." ”

Sun Dalei and Liu Guannan sent out the tax officers and tax policemen of the tax bureau, and after many inquiries, they really found something.

The Zhang family has 20 acres of land outside the county seat, which they bought from a widow named Wu five years ago, and the purchase of this land is somewhat unclear. Wu's husband died of typhoid fever that year, leaving Wu and a fourteen-year-old daughter behind. The Wu family had no money to bury her husband, so she could only sell 20 acres of land, but the strange thing was that there was no other buyer except Zhang Gang's younger brother, so the 20 acres of land were sold to Zhang Gang's younger brother. What's even more strange is that this Wu family has not remarried, and has been leading her daughter to live, and she has no livelihood, but she seems to have never been short of money. The point is that her daughters are nineteen years old this year, but they have never had an in-law. According to the news that came back from the inquiry, it seems that this has something to do with Zhang Gang's younger brother, and no one wants to marry the daughter of the Wu family.

"It's so simple that a fool can figure it out." Sun Dalei smiled at Xia Yang and Liu Guannan, "It must be Zhang Gang's younger brother who raised the mother and daughter, and the relationship is also a mother-daughter affair in the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Da Lei, don't be too happy." Xia Yang said, "Even if it is like you said, it is Zhang Gang's younger brother who raised the mother and daughter, but no matter which law he is under the law, especially according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he is not illegal, and we have no way to take him." ”

"How did he not break the law." Sun Dalei retorted, "We can do him a ** crime, I remember that there is this provision in the law of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"There are still ** sins in the Ming Law?" Xia Yang really didn't know, so he turned his head to Liu Guannan and asked, "Is there such a rule?" ”

Liu Guannan nodded and smiled: "Yes, indeed." The Ming Dynasty followed the laws of the Yuan Dynasty in this regard, allowing the husband to catch the adulterer and kill people on the spot without charge. And the punishment of **: 'Eighty rods for adultery without a husband, and ninety for a husband with a rod of adultery.' ’”

"Damn, ** murder is not guilty, the Ming Dynasty is really good." Xia Yang touched his neck, and suddenly asked again, "Is that and your own maid considered a **?" ”

Liu Guannan and Sun Dalei laughed together: "Lao Xia, you won't have something, right?" ”

"No, no." Xia Yang waved his hand again and again, "I'll just ask casually, let's talk about Lehui County." ”

The topic was pulled back again, and Liu Guannan said: "But this matter is not very easy to do, how can we get evidence." Besides, we are not the Wu family, so we can't sue people for what they want. ”

"Guannan, why are you stupid again." Sun Dalei smiled, "Why are we going to sue, it's so troublesome, and it's a bit embarrassing for us to sue in Yulinwan for this matter." Let's find an opportunity to catch the rape on the spot, and then let Zhang Gang's younger brother go and tell his brother that he agrees to our land reform. ”

"I don't agree with that." Xia Yang objected, "Isn't this a bit dirty, isn't this a threat." Besides, which of us is going to catch the traitor, you go or Guannan, anyway, I won't go. ”

"Lao Xia, if you don't agree with this method, what good way do you have?" Sun Dalei asked, "This is the best way, but you are the team leader, you have the final say." ”

Xia Yang still thinks this method is not very good: "Isn't there anything wrong with his shop, isn't there any tax evasion?" ”

"This one too." Sun Dalei replied, "But tax evasion alone can't cure them, which is nothing in the Ming Dynasty." If we hold on to this, it may backfire, and the people and tenants of Lehui County will be disgusted with us. ”

Xia Yang and Liu Guannan stopped talking for a while, and Sun Dalei smiled: "Since you don't want to do this, then I'll come, I'm not afraid of being said." ”

Xia Yang wanted to say something, but was stopped by Sun Dalei raising his hand: "Tianyang, you said it, I know, I promise not to violate our legal regulations." ”

Sun Dalei found two more capable tax policemen: "Keep an eye on Zhang Gang's younger brother for me to see what he does every day and who he interacts with." The most important thing is to see what he does every night and whether he has any dealings with the Wu family. ”

Within three days, the news was there, and the tax police came back and reported: "Director Sun, I found out, that kid has been living with the Wu family for two consecutive nights, and it seems that he will continue to live there for the next few days." ”

Sun Dalei smiled in his heart, he was a dignified Yulin Bay tax director who was really going to arrest the traitor.

Xia Yang and Liu Guannan waited for a night before waiting for Sun Dalei to come back.

"Da Lei, you don't need to catch the rape for one night." Liu Guannan smiled, "Did you arrest someone else?" ”

"No kidding." Sun Dalei briefly told me about last night's events.

Sun Dalei brought five or six tax policemen to the vicinity of Wu's house late at night, and when he arrived, he first made a few noises outside, saying that he had found a thief and someone was stealing. Sun Dalei led people to break into Wu's house and just blocked Zhang Gang's younger brother on the bed. As soon as Zhang Gang's younger brother saw that it was the tax police from Yulin Bay who broke in, he immediately understood what was going on, because the arrest of thieves should be a matter in the yamen and should not fall under the jurisdiction of the tax police.

Sun Dalei did not hide his intentions, even scare and lure, and the two sides talked all night, which can be regarded as a preliminary agreement.

Zhang Gang's younger brother went back to persuade his brother to carry out land reform, but Sun Dalei promised not to publicize the matter and assured that the land reform in Yulin Bay would not harm the interests of all the landlords in Lehui County. The original landlords should have as much land as they had or how much land they should have, and the agricultural tax that should have been reduced or reduced will still be reduced.

Xia Yang didn't believe it, could it be so simple to solve the problem of Lehui County. I racked my brains and didn't come up with any good way, Sun Dalei solved it all at one time, could this be Zhang Gang's younger brother's delaying tactics.

"Lao Xia, don't worry, I've already made it clear to him." Sun Dalei explained to Xia Yang, "Let's persuade each other with good words now, if he dares to lie to us, it won't be like this next time we meet, and he understands what I mean." ”

Xia Yang didn't say anything more, and the three of them discussed it again, Liu Guannan was in a hurry to rush back to Yulin Bay because he still had something to do in Yulin Bay, so he didn't wait here for the time being. Sun Dalei accompanied Xia Yang to stay in Lehui County and wait for Zhang Gang's final decision, if anything changes, he will think of other ways.

After the agreement, Liu Guannan explained a few more words, and then said goodbye to the two of them and went back to Yulin Bay first. 8)