Seeing that Lian Shanxiang accepted the emperor's order to arrest the local gentry leaders, the governor Wang Yuanya, the county magistrate Xu Ze and other officials were sweating a little on their foreheads, and Li Xianming, the Baoding magistrate on the side, finally couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, there may indeed be some of these gentry who have fornicated with slaves, but not all of them have fornicated with slaves.

When they besieged the city in Houjin, they also contributed their possessions, houses, and slaves to defend the city. Is it too rash to bring them all back for questioning now? And Staff Officer Zhou made a great contribution when guarding Zunhua City, now that someone has exposed him for passing on his orders, should we also check it, if someone really wronged Staff Officer Zhou, His Majesty can also refute the rumors for him and clear up his grievances. ”

Ma Sigong, the judge of the commission, quietly wiped the function on his forehead, carefully paying attention to the emperor's face, this time inciting the local gentry to complain to the governor about Wednesday, although it was Jia Wei's key to incite the leader, but he was also a helper in it.

The reason why the local gentry were so afraid of Wednesday was that the various policies of martial law issued before the war were one of the reasons. However, after the siege of Zunhua was lifted, Wednesday forbade the local gentry to divide up the remaining levies of the garrison headquarters, not to allow these gentry to collect the pensions of the dead and wounded slaves, and not to allow the people in the city to drive out the people living in their houses.

Zunhua City was the most important transportation point in Jizhou Town, and there were a large number of merchants and travelers in this place, and when the wartime supply system was implemented, the daily necessities such as food, cloth, salt, and fuel in the city were concentrated in the hands of the garrison headquarters. Not counting those munitions warehouses, just the daily necessities confiscated on Wednesday were enough to consume more than 100,000 people in the city for 3 or 4 months.

Wednesday was still thinking that maybe this siege would be fought until the beginning of spring next year, so the distribution and storage of these materials were extremely strictly controlled. But no one expected that in the early part of the month, the emperor personally led reinforcements to drive away the invading Houjin army. In this way, only about a quarter of the various materials collected on Wednesday were consumed, and the remaining materials were worth about 18-200,000 yuan.

After the rampant destruction of the Houjin army, these daily necessities immediately became the most sought-after goods in the Zunhua area. According to conservative estimates, if these materials are sold, they can at least earn a premium of 2 or 3 times.

After realizing this wealth, the confiscated merchants took the white slips and wanted to redeem the goods from Wednesday, and the gentry sent someone to dredge up with Wednesday and ask him to hand over the materials to the local gentry to deal with, so that they would not continue to pursue Wednesday's actions during the siege.

In addition, the young and strong servants of these gentry's families were requisitioned outside the city during the siege. These young people, who eat better than ordinary people on weekdays, are often used as soldiers because of their strong physique, and their casualties are greater than those of ordinary civilians.

Wednesday planned to pay the agreed pension directly to the families of the wounded or the victims, but his idea was immediately rejected by the gentry, who treated the slaves as property. The gentry believed that the casualties of these slaves caused them property losses, and that the pensions should therefore go to the slaves' masters, not to the slaves' families.

Both of the above things were rejected by Wednesday, and these gentry naturally felt that this person was a thorn in their side. And the most humiliating thing for these gentry was the common people and the wounded who had been placed in their homes during the war, because of Wednesday's insistence, they could not send these people and the wounded out of the house. I don't know how many scholarly doors and official palaces are now occupied by the mud legs, which is really against the Zhou etiquette of the upper and lower levels.

This emotion finally erupted after hearing that the Jin army finally withdrew from the Guannei and Zunhua City was sure that it was safe. The gentry headed by Jia Weikey, who lived at home, and Ma Sigong, the judge who was sentenced to justice, instigated the people in the city and went to the governor's yamen to file a complaint.

The reason why the people in the city were stirred up was that their houses were also requisitioned by the government to house the women and children of the people outside the city, which made their daily lives very inconvenient.

Ma Sigong felt that with the voices of these people as backup, no matter how great the credit of Wednesday Wei was, the imperial court should at least do something to appease the place. Unlike the gentry who hated Wednesday because of the casualties of his nephews, he didn't care about the punishment he received, he just wanted to get rid of Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Wei left Zunhua, and there was no one in charge of the overall situation at the garrison headquarters, so no one could stop them from dividing up the stored supplies. Moreover, with his status as a prosecutor, if he can't take over the garrison headquarters, then he can get even more benefits. But now it seems that the emperor didn't seem to think about appeasing the place at all, but directly turned over the table, which made Ma Sigong worry about whether he would be implicated in this matter.

Not to mention how many things Ma Sigong had in his heart, Zhu Youzhen had already said to Sun Chengzong: "I said before that soldiers should not interfere in political affairs, because it will become a situation of separating feudal towns. In the same way, don't always think about meddling in military affairs, I am the supreme commander of the Ming army, what do local officials want to do when they point fingers at my army? Want to rebel?

Mr. Sun was in charge of the General Staff, and Mr. Sun naturally handled the matter of Wednesday. However, we can't engage in the set of free heart testimony, and if there is any mistake on Wednesday, the General Staff will send someone to investigate, and there is one and two is two. My attitude has always been clear, and the rules are the biggest in the military. Merit should be rewarded, and fault should be punished.

We must not do things that are muddy, nor can we do things that make the hearts of the vast number of soldiers cold. Mr. Sun, do you say that's the case? ”

Sun Chengzong hesitated for a moment, then replied: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the ministers will arrange for someone to investigate the matter of Wednesday Wei, but what should we do about the terms that Wednesday Wei promised to the local people?" ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "Other terms can be confirmed, as for the grant order, I have to meet Wednesday first before making a decision." Also, what is the annual income of the people here? Are Governor Wang and Xu Zhixian clear? ”

Wang Yuanya immediately turned his face to Xu Ze, the county governor of Zunhua beside him, Xu Ze talked a few words with his colleagues around him, and then replied to Chongzhen: "The annual income of ordinary local people is converted into silver dollars, which ranges from more than 20 yuan to more than 40 yuan. ”

After Zhu Youzhen chatted with several officials a few more words, he asked Wang Yuanya and the others to go back to work first. After these officials were almost gone, Sun Chengzong said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty has been out of Beijing for almost a month, and now that Jiannu has been repulsed, should Your Majesty also prepare to return to Beijing?"

The queen and Concubine Tian are both pregnant, and they should be looking forward to His Majesty being able to accompany them at this moment. If His Majesty does not return to the capital for a day, the officials and people in the capital will feel uneasy, as if they have lost their backbone. The minister thought that it would be better for His Majesty to return to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

For Sun Chengzong's repeated persuasion, Zhu Youzhen was not impatient, he said to Sun Chengzong very seriously: "It's not that I don't want to go back, but if the aftermath of this place is not handled well, I really don't feel at ease." ”

Sun Chengzong immediately said: "The affairs here may as well be handed over to the old minister, the minister has spent a lot of time in the local and military places, although the old minister is not as flexible as His Majesty, but he will never poke out any basket for His Majesty." ”

"I still believe in Mr. Sun's talent. But this time, I hope to make some changes in dealing with post-war affairs, so as to arouse the interest of the border people to resist foreign enemies. If there is anything out of place in the policy here, it can be directly revised. If I return to the capital, it will be a waste of time to pass documents back and forth.

Those generals who don't want to change the old system are afraid that they will come to your side to make trouble. Mr. Sun is already too busy just dealing with military affairs, how can I be embarrassed to hand over all this work to you, then I am not too mean. Moreover, I have already ordered Cui Chengxiu to come from Jizhou, even if I want to leave, I have to see his cotton talking. ”

Sun Chengzong subconsciously wrinkled the media and said, "Cui Bingbu? Could it be that His Majesty really wants to activate him? Your Majesty is not a good person, Wei Zhongxian has more than half of his notoriety, so much so that it can be said that he has saved it. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed and said: "I can't help it, this Ming Dynasty has always said that the imperial power is not lower than the county, even if I am the emperor, if I don't watch it in front of me, some policies will come to an end when the county government arrives."

The military system of Jizhou Town was rectified, and I asked Wang Bingbu to personally supervise it, and I transferred Zhao to teach it to be implemented, but didn't the result be a change of soup and not a change of medicine? As the base camp of Jizhen Town, Santun Yingcheng is not as good as Zunhua, what conditions will be worse than Zunhua? As a result, first the generals fled when they heard the news, and then the siege of Houjin opened the city gate in less than three days, and most of the defenders of the Santun camp surrendered.

It can be seen that what we do without the support of the local people is tantamount to fooling ourselves. Don't say anything else, just talk about this land granting order, Wednesday is afraid of the idea of a good idea, there is no land to be cultivated in the local area, so we will go out of the customs, where there is a lot of wasteland to distribute to our people.

But just because the officials sent by the imperial court draw a picture cake, these people who have no land or little land will rush out of the customs? I don't think it's likely. As the saying goes: the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels. The more difficult the people, the less they dare to take risks. If they stay in their hometown, they can still barely survive if they encounter difficulties and still have the help of the villagers.

If this is to go out of the customs to reclaim wasteland, not to mention the input of those farm tools and livestock, it will be a great problem just how to get from Zunhua to the land that has been allocated outside the customs.

Therefore, what policy we want to implement still needs the mobilization of the local famous gentry and clans, and only when they endorse the policies of the imperial court, the people at the bottom will be able to hear the voice of the imperial court and be able to summon up the courage to go out and take risks. ”

Sun Chengzong was silent for a long time before he said reluctantly: "Your Majesty wants to use the Cui Bingbu to deal with the gentry of Zunhua?" Cui Bingbu is the home of Jizhou County, and with him coming forward, he can naturally solve the current troubles for His Majesty.

However, once he is allowed to return to the court, I am afraid that not only the Donglin Party and Yanguan Qingliu will attack him, but even Huang Shoufu will not easily agree. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked down at his palm, and then clasped his palms together and said, "What Mr. Sun said is right, letting Cui Bingbu return to the court will inevitably make big waves." That's why I wanted to meet him first to see if he was worth the money I had to spend so much money on. ”