"I mentioned it!" Zhang Fengyi immediately replied, "The emperor said that the focus of the court will be to investigate the hidden households. The southwest and northwest of the Ming Dynasty are mountainous, and most of the hidden households are not in the lofty mountains. After the deadline has passed, the imperial court will send an army to assist in the investigation. ”

Qin Liangyu nodded when he heard this, it was indeed a bit unrealistic for ordinary officials to deal with the hidden households hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. But what does this kind of thing have to do with her, the Zuo Governor of the Governor's Mansion?

Zhang Fengyi obviously guessed what her mother-in-law was thinking, so she immediately explained: "The emperor will issue an order that the military operation of the local army will be the responsibility of the army commander himself, and he will be responsible for training. Of course, the local procuratorate must appoint someone to supervise it, but it must not interfere in military operations. The results of the actions of the local army will be used as an assessment of the local generals, and the mother-in-law will decide on it, and then report it directly to the emperor. ”

Hearing this, Qin Liangyu couldn't help but be stunned, and then overjoyed.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Tumubao Change, the power of military generals and nobles has been increasingly squeezed out by civilian officials. Although nominally, the duties of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces are to train troops and evaluate officers at all levels. But in fact, after the assessment of the Governor's Office of the five armed forces in the past, it had to be reported to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War made the final decision. In fact, this power to evaluate officers at all levels has been unwittingly seized by the Ministry of War.

But now that the emperor is doing this, it is obvious that he has returned this assessment right to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. No matter what the military department is, under the current emperor's authority, it is impossible to grab power with the emperor, right?

figured this out, and Qin Liangyu, as a military general, how could he not be happy.

So, she immediately obeyed the order and began to prepare for the camp. The same will should also be given to Zhu Xieyuan through the chat group, and as soon as Zhu Xieyuan's order arrives, he can leave for Sichuan.

……

In the southeast and west of the mountain, there is a place that is very famous in later generations, that is, Liangshanbo. It is composed of the four main peaks of Liangshan, Qinglong Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, and Turtle Mountain, and seven branch veins, including Hutou Peak, Snow Mountain Peak, Hao Mountain Peak, and Xiaohuang Mountain, covering an area of nearly four square kilometers. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the Yellow River broke many times, and the rolling river water poured into the foot of Liangshan, and connected with the ancient giant Yeze, forming an endless large water berth, known as "eight hundred miles of Liangshan Bo".

However, now the scenery here is no longer beautiful, the Yellow River has been diverted, and the water here is not as good as before, but it has not reached the wetland like the water site in later generations.

On this side, the periphery is already cultivated land, and villages live one after another. Among them, there is a small village with only about 20 households, which is the nearest village near Shuibo Liangshan, called Liangjia Village. Most of the people in the village are related, and a family fled here to settle down.

Don't look at the small population and arable land in Liangjia Village, but it can be seen from their houses and people's clothing that they are all relatively wealthy.

On this day, at noon, the July sun was a little scorching, and the people were resting in their houses. There was a group of people, five strong men, each carrying a lot of things down the mountain, familiar with the way into Liangjia Village, to the door of a family in the east.

There was a knock on the door, and the older man in the first grade knocked on the door and shouted in a low voice: "Uncle Liang, we are here!" ”

Hearing the voice, a person in the room came out in response, with a little joy, obviously the man said Liang Bo.

"Come on, come on, please come in!" Liang Bo greeted warmly as he opened the door.

Five men entered the door, piled the big bag on their shoulders in the yard, and opened the mouth of the bag, revealing the contents of the bag, all of which were good things in the mountains.

When Liang Bo saw these things, the smile on his face became even more, and he immediately said enthusiastically to the older man in charge: "Liu Wa, what do you want this time, do you want salt?" What more? ”

When Liu Wa heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "It's what I changed before, in addition, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, I want some fabric, I don't know if it's expensive?" ”

"Not expensive, not expensive!" Liang Bole said hehehe, "What do you want, tell me, I see that there is one in the village, go and ask for it!" ”

Liang Bo is the leader of the village and the patriarch, and he knows everything in the village. Every time these people from the mountains came to exchange things, he arranged it as a whole.

In this way, after some communication, Liang Bo immediately shouted the person's name, and the neighbor next door heard it, and it was just a matter of effort, and the things that Liu Wa and others needed were brought over by the villagers on the side. After only a while, Liang Bo's courtyard was crowded with people.

When the business comes to the door, everyone is happy and happy. There were also children who took the opportunity to come and watch the excitement and play in the yard at the same time.

Liu Wa saw the things that were sent, suddenly frowned slightly, squatted down, looked at the bag of salt placed there, reached out and grabbed a small point, after taking a closer look, his face was a little ugly, he carefully put down the salt in his hand, and then said to Liang Bo: "Uncle Liang, we can't afford these refined salts, let's change the previous salt, anyway, it's just salt." ”

Liang Bo listened and smiled bitterly in his heart. Actually, he didn't want to put these refined salts out of the way. But the key problem is that there is no coarse salt sold in the county as before. It's all this refined salt, and the price is even cheaper than the previous coarse salt.

After hearing the question, Liang Bo pretended not to care and said: "It's okay, it's okay, we've been dealing with each other for so many years, and these refined salts are calculated according to the previous coarse salt prices." ”

When the other villagers heard this, they all quickly chimed in.

"Yes, yes, we have been friends for so many years, so you don't want to divide refined salt and coarse salt, anyway, it's still at that price for you!"

"Yes, your life in the mountains is not easy, we must take care of the land if we can."

“……”

Their statement made Liu Wa and others very moved. Because in their impression, the price of this refined salt is several times the price of coarse salt, and if it is still exchanged according to the price of coarse salt before, it will be too cheap.

So, Liu Wa hurriedly said: "No, no, it's not easy for you, how can you suffer if you have taken care of us for so many years!" We don't want this refined salt, just coarse salt. ”

As soon as they heard this, the people on Liang Bo's side glanced at each other, and then they became polite again.

"Don't be embarrassed, I'll give you refined salt when I say it's okay!"

"Yes, the friendship is here, just take it!"

"You just take it as coarse salt, it's fine."

“……”

While they were talking, among the group of children playing in the yard, the older one suddenly stopped and said to Liu Wa: "Uncle Liu, there is no coarse salt in the county, it is all this kind of refined salt!" ”

As soon as he said this, the courtyard suddenly fell silent.

The people on Liu Wa's side looked at the child in amazement, a little incredulous. All the counties eat this refined salt? How is this possible? How can the people of the county survive?

And among the people on Liang Bo's side, one of them was the child's father, who was a little annoyed and angry, slapped his own child on the head, and reprimanded loudly: "Adults speak, how can you intervene, don't get out!" ”

This child seems to have reached the rebellious period, and he has also reached the age of face, seeing so many people in front of him, he was scolded by his father, and immediately defended himself a little unconvinced: "I am not wrong, my mother has said it, now life is better, even this refined salt is much cheaper than the previous coarse salt, the emperor Shengming!" ”

The child speaks a little fast, but the words are clear, and he finishes at once.

When the child's father heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he slapped him again with the second slap, and at the same time shouted loudly: "You little rabbit cub, you dare to pout!" See if I don't kill you! ”

"Wow......" The child was immediately beaten to tears.

When Liu Wa saw it, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to block the child's father, and at the same time persuaded: "Okay, okay, the child is not sensible, so he just says something casually, there is no need to fight." ”

He didn't believe the child's words at all, so he thought the child was talking nonsense.

There is no coarse salt sold in the county, only refined salt, and the price of refined salt is cheaper than the previous coarse salt, which is simply an incredible thing! How can it be!

After hearing his words, he cried and said, "I'm not a child, I'm going to children's school!" Sir said, be honest, I didn't talk nonsense......"

The child's father was going crazy, and as soon as he dragged the child over, he walked directly out of the yard, and shouted very angrily: "It's the other way around, I dare to talk back to you, see if I go home and don't pick your skin......"

After such a trouble, the people on Liang Bo's side looked a little embarrassed, and then Liang Bo was in charge, and all kinds of exchanged things were cheaper for Liu Wa.

"It's really troublesome Uncle Liang every time!" Liu Wa and the others carried the exchanged things, and after sincerely thanking them again, they carried the things back to the mountain.

Liang Bo and the others were sent to the entrance of the village, and after watching them go away, one of them suddenly asked, "Do you say that they will be suspicious?" ”

"How can you be suspicious?" Someone else immediately replied, "If you had been a few years ago, would you have believed the current situation?" ”

As he spoke, the man pointed to the backs of Liu Wa and the others and said, "How many years have they been hiding in the mountains, and it is impossible for them to believe that there will be a good life now!" ”

Liang Bo listened and did not speak. Over the years, relying on transactions with these hidden households, the village has earned the difference, which can be regarded as making a lot of money. No one wants to destroy such a situation.

At this moment, a child suddenly pulled Liang Bo's sleeve and asked puzzledly: "Grandpa, Brother Gazi is right, why are you still beaten?" ”

Liang Bo turned his head and saw that it was his grandson, so he wanted to explain, but for a while, he didn't know where to start.

The other adults looked at their grandfather and grandchildren, and no one interjected.

"Grandpa, are they badass?" The child was a little puzzled, "Our husband said that you must be honest, but when you meet a bad person, you can't tell the bad person everything!" ”

Hearing this, Liang Bo's mind flashed the sincere and simple smiles of Liu Wa and others, and suddenly sighed, touched his grandson's head, and then looked around at his clansmen: "The deadline for the imperial court to register hidden households is coming soon, and we don't know that there are people hidden in this mountain." When the time limit has expired, and the imperial army will assist in the investigation, they will definitely be exiled to the cold land. After all, I've been dealing with each other for many years, what do you say? ”

After he said this, no one spoke. Looking at each other, they all couldn't make up their minds. But what did they hear, what was the patriarch's inclination?

In fact, among these people, some people are reluctant to say it, and even plan to report it back, and they can also share the wealth of the hidden household. However, after all, the patriarch had already shown his inclination, and those who had these thoughts did not dare to speak out for a while.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Liang Bo touched his grandson's hair and said, "Life is much better than before, and we have also made a lot of money from these mountain people." And the important thing is that our juniors are all studying in children's schools, and we, as elders, should lead by example, and we can't teach our children badly. They are our hope, and we hope that one day, they will also be able to gain fame. You don't want them to be corrupt officials and corrupt officials that we hate in the future, do you? ”

Hearing these words from him, all the adults were silent. After a long while, someone finally spoke: "Uncle Liang, I will listen to you." ”

"I also listen to Uncle Liang."

"For the sake of my dog, forget it, do something good!"

“……”

One after another, some people spoke up and agreed with Liang Bo's statement, only a few were silent, obviously disagreeing, but they did not stand up to strongly oppose it.

Seeing this, Uncle Liang immediately called by name: "Daddy, you go after them and invite them back!" ”

"Okay, I'll go right away!" The dog's father agreed, his expression seemed to be a lot more relaxed, with a little joy, spread his feet, and chased after the back in the distance.

After a long time, Liu Wa and his party returned, and after hearing the explanation of Liang Bo and others, they still didn't believe it.

When Liu Wa and the others heard it, it was as if they were listening to a book from heaven, anyway, their faces were either confused or disbelieving.

"Uncle Liang, don't make fun of us." Liu Wa said with a wry smile, "Although we are hiding in the mountains, who doesn't know what the government is like?" Not to mention anything else, just Liaoyu, in the past, forced our village to death......"

"That's all the old calendar!" Liang Bo couldn't laugh or cry a little, to tell the truth, these mountain people still didn't believe it, "Liaodong Jianyu has long been exterminated by the emperor to the imperial driver, and Liaoyu has long been abolished." I'll tell you how much has changed in the past few years......"

It wasn't until the evening that Liang Bo roughly told him what had happened over the years.

Liu Wa confirmed with a surprised face: "Is this true? I heard that the emperor is not a hairy boy, how can he have such great ability? ”

"Don't be rude!" When Liang Bo heard this, he hurriedly said, "The emperor is a purple microstar, how can it be measured by age?" Tomorrow you send someone to the county to have a look, and you will know. I'm telling you, in a few days, the deadline will come, and when the time comes, you hermits will register again, but you will have to pay the money. ”