"What! What did you say! Han Jian was shocked, rushed to the soldier, grabbed the soldier's collar and asked, "What's the matter?" How could 3,000 people die with half a stick of incense! ”

The soldier finally relented, opened his mouth and said, "The deputy marshal led 3,000 people to Xinxiang City, and was ambushed, and I have never seen the arrows shot by the other party, just like a stick, the deputy marshal did not respond effectively at all, and was shot to death by the other party." And there were no casualties on the other side! ”

Han Jian was stupid, and there were no casualties on the other side. And it was only half a stick of incense, and all the 3,000 people were gone.

At this time, Han Wen spoke, "Father, this is His Highness showing you his strength, and Father Shuai will solve the Lejia and Luo family first!" Han Jian asked, "How does the father do it, and there is no reason to do it?" "Han Wen smiled" colluded with the Huangchao thieves to plot the land of the three towns in Hebei! ”

Han Jian was overjoyed, Han Wen turned around and wrote in front of the bookcase. After writing it, it was handed to Han Jian, "Father can let his cronies turn this letter out when he searches the house, this is the evidence!" ”

A large number of soldiers surrounded Yuefu and Luofu, and the Yuefu family was just crying. And Luo Mansion, Luo Shaowei, the son of the Luo family, is holding a sword outside the door of the mansion. A general stepped forward and said, "Young Master Luo, the humble position is only acting on orders, please don't be embarrassed!" ”

Luo Shaowei said: "Okay! Let you search in the house and then do some consideration! "A large number of soldiers rushed into the Luo Mansion to search, and after a while, a junior colonel walked out of the house quickly, holding a letter in his hand." General Qiyu found a letter in the mansion. It was written by the Yellow Nest thief! Luo Shaowei was furious, "Thief, dare to bully me!" ”

stabbed the colonel to death with a sword, and the general was furious, "You dare to kill people and kill people, come on!" Kill! For a time, swords, swords, shadows, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and more than 60 people up and down the Luo Mansion were all killed. Luo Shaowei dropped his sword and slashed several soldiers. When the general saw this, he rushed out a group of archers with a wave of his hand, and stabbed Luo Shaowei to death with a random arrow. At the same time, more than 70 people in Yuefu were also killed.

In the study, Han Jian asked her son, "What should we do next?" Han Wen replied, "Father, this is not the best time to contact His Highness, we must first clean up the interior." As for His Highness, we have to wait, wait for a suitable opportunity. Wait for His Highness to reach out to us so we can get what we want! Han Jian nodded, "Okay, everything is up to you." Over the next few days, several more generals and their families were killed. For a while, Wei Bo and these generals were all worried, and the market was much colder.

Ten days later, a letter from Li Jie was sent to the Jiedu envoy's mansion, the content of the letter was: "This king has come to Hebei to avoid trouble, and will reward Wei Bozhong with a total of 100,000 taels of silver, and spend another 200,000 taels to buy 100,000 stone of grain." Han Jian asked his son, and Han Wen nodded.

Han Jian immediately summoned the generals and read out the contents of the letter in the hall. The generals were all unhappy, and the fear in their hearts in the past few days had also faded a lot. Han Jian immediately ordered someone to prepare 100,000 stone of grain and wait for Xinxiang to come and get it.

Three days later, Liu Qi came with the silver taels, and after a few cold words, the two sides immediately delivered. Liu Qi went back with food, and it was difficult to divide the 100,000 taels of silver! In the end, Han Wen said, "Father, this incident killed a lot of people, and Father should be about to win people's hearts!" Han Jian gritted his teeth and only took 20,000 taels, and let the generals divide the rest according to the size of their official positions, and all the generals were happy for a while.

Li Jie has not been idle these days, and he has won a city for nothing. Li Jie immediately ordered the reclamation of some wasteland around the county seat, and before cultivating, another 30,000 acres of land were opened.

Spring ploughing began, everyone was busy with spring ploughing, and Li Jie and Liu Qi and others were discussing the next step. Now that they have moved into Xinxiang County, Li Jie is temporarily living in the county office. The rest of the people also looked for their own lodgings. In the county yahua hall, several people sat together and discussed.

Li Jie said: "The success of this ambush will inevitably make the surrounding knots dare not act rashly. Now we need to produce and accumulate strength with peace of mind. ”

Liu Qi said, "Your Highness, how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of catties of horse meat brought back this time?" Li Jie thought about it, "Selling a penny and a pound to the people can win the hearts of many people." Liu Qi asked again, "There are nearly 10,000 fields of newly reclaimed farmland that no one cultivates, I don't know if Your Highness has any countermeasures?" ”

Li Jie said, "It's simple, 100 catties per mu of rent for rent!" For the people who rented the land before the harvest, they were first provided with food, then a pair of breeding rabbits, and then paid off within three years. Liu Ziyu said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid that these rich people in such a place will complain!" Li Jie smiled and said, "If they make a fuss at that time, the king will talk to them, and they will happily pay for the silver at that time!" ”

Liu Ziyu asked again, "Your Highness, I don't know how you let them pay for the silver?" Li Jie smiled and said, "Interests, if the benefits I give them are far greater than the benefits of the land, they will obediently cooperate with me, and then my people and rich families will have interests, and the people's hearts will come to my side." ”

Li Jie said to Liu Ziyu again: "Please sir, please hurry up and repair the water conservancy, so as to facilitate the cultivation of the people." Liu Ziyu arched his hand! ”

Li Jie looked at Zhao Fei again and said with a smile: "I don't know what my dean is doing now?" Zhao Fei arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, now that the movable type has been fired with clay molds, it can greatly reduce the cost of printing, but I don't know what to print?" Li Jie smiled, "It's simple, I'll print a few stories for you in a few days, and let those restaurants in the county hire a few storytellers." This is again a matter of tripartite benefit. ”

Li Jie said, "Mr. Zhao, your focus now is to maximize the power of gunpowder. It must be said that the maximum range of the current bed is no more than a thousand paces, and the bow and arrow range from a few hundred steps. Can gunpowder be used to increase the range and increase the lethality? Zhao Fei arched his hand and said, "I must do my best!" ”

Li Jie looked at Han Yue again and said, "What is the current tax system for merchants in the county?" Han Yue arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the current tax system is one out of ten. Li Jie smiled: "I'm afraid it's more than that!" What should these people do in the county government eat and drink? Han Yue arched his hand and said, "What His Highness said is extremely true, the third class of officials can only be apportioned to merchants. ”

Li Jie thought for a while: "The tax system is all 15 taxes and 1. In the future, the head of the yamen tolerance team under the rule of this king was six taels a month, and the same was true for the master. The rest of the personnel are three or two. Let's help each person with a half or two! In addition, the children of all the people under the rule of this king can participate in the scientific examination, but this king does not want to see the bullying and exploitation of merchants happen, if he finds it, he will not be spared! "Han Yue is overjoyed" Your Royal Highness, the people of the world who are subordinate to your humble position thank Your Highness for your great kindness! He turned his head to look at the master standing behind him, and the master rushed out with tears in his eyes regardless of his image.

Li Jie also said, "The people are in need, but this king will not support those who sit and wait for relief, so from tomorrow onwards, the residents of the city will be newly registered, and the homeless and displaced people will be arranged to repair the city walls, dig moats, and repair the streets." Build a road through the county seat and the mountains. In short, there is a reward for paying, one or two silver per person per month. As for those scoundrels, they are not allowed to exist under the rule of this king! "Han Yue gave up"! ”

Everyone was discussing when they heard the crying outside the county office, and a small school ran in. Li Jie asked, "What's going on outside, why are you crying?" "The little colonel gave up" His Royal Highness, and hundreds of people outside the door wanted to see His Highness! ”

Li Jie was stunned for a moment, led everyone to walk out of the door, and when he went out, he saw the master who had just gone out kneeling in the front, and behind him was a group of officials and people. Li Jie asked the master, "Why are you crying here?" The master arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, since ancient times, the government has been a cheap industry, and the court has many restrictions, and the world looks down on it." Today, His Royal Highness has given me the grace of waiting for Tiantai, and I am waiting to thank His Highness."

Li Jie suddenly realized that he was just arranging according to the habits of later generations, but he forgot that in ancient times, the official servants had no official status at all, and they only served the yamen and fulfilled the obligations of the nature of professional service. Most of them are volunteered by locals. In the eyes of the ruling class, the servants are the administrative servants of the government, and the servants are inferior people; Therefore, they will even be restricted from marrying relatives in scientific examinations - the children and grandchildren of the officials are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations for three generations, and they are not allowed to become officials. Although the government servants can be exempted from paying conscription, and they can take care of their relatives when they do things in the government, they are not recognized by the world because their status is too low and they do not have many good treatments.

Li Jie stood in front of everyone and said, "You must remember what this king said today, and you must not act arbitrarily, as long as you can do things for this king with peace of mind, this king will not treat you badly!" At the end of the year, I will give you an extra month of silver for a good year! The crowd shouted in unison, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!" Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace! Li Jie smiled, "Okay, let's do things with peace of mind!" "Turn around and go back to the ya.

Han Yue said to the master, "Wait for the whole city to immediately proclaim that the commercial tax is fifteen and one is collected. Tomorrow the population register in the city will be checked. The master replied, "Yes, county honor!" ”

In a restaurant not far from the county office, the three words "Drunken Immortal Residence" shine golden in the sun. Xiao Er was busy greeting the guests, and suddenly Xiao Er saw that the head of the Yamen Hu Ban was walking here, and hurriedly shouted to the shopkeeper, Shopkeeper Li was in a good mood today, and the guests were almost full upstairs and downstairs. Hearing Xiao Er shouting at him, Shopkeeper Li looked up and saw Hu Bantou walking into the store. For a while, the head was big and I wanted money again.

Looking at Shopkeeper Li with a strong smile on his face, Hu Bantou smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Li, don't worry!" Today is a good thing, a good thing for you and me! Shopkeeper Li smiled and said, "I don't know what makes Hu Bantou so happy, let's tell everyone!" ”

Hu Bantou arched his hand to the sky and said, "Today, His Royal Highness King Shou issued the following notice, from today onwards, all shop taxes will be collected from 15 to 1, this is one of them. Second, from now on, our officials will have a fixed amount of silver taels per month, and they are no longer allowed to exploit merchants. Third, everyone's children can participate in the imperial examination under the rule of His Royal Highness King Shou from today! ”

Everyone in the restaurant was shocked, and the shopkeeper Li trembled and said, "Many... How much, ten... Fifteen to one, no exploitation yet! Hu Bantou smiled, "Yes, there is no more exploitation!" Shopkeeper Li suddenly jumped up, "Little Er, serve wine, serve wine to the guests, I have a treat today!" ”