handed over the yellow horse to the guard Wu Dazhu, and he came to the prefect's yamen gatehouse.

Yang Lin has a guard, Wu Dazhu's hometown, more than 20 years old, since he was a child, he went out to learn art from a famous teacher, not only can he ride a horse and shoot arrows, but he is also very good at fist and foot kung fu, and ordinary seven or eight strong men can't get close.

After the crossing, although Yang Lin practiced martial arts every day, he can now ride a horse and release arrows, his skills are quite agile, and his fighting skills are better than ordinary people.

The concierge was a middle-aged scholar in his forties, not tall, thin, dressed as a scribe to serve.

This waist card is a kind of identity certificate in ancient times, just like this copper waist card engraved with the name of the licensee, official position, and main physical features, as an official certificate, so as not to be falsely called.

Different status personnel have different material waist cards, like ordinary soldiers, the general government officers mostly use iron waist cards, and officials below the fifth rank are only copper waist cards.

Business cards are no different from those used in modern times, which are generally held by civil and cultural officials and senior military attachés, and they indicate their identity and other information, which is far from being used indiscriminately as in modern times.

In ancient novels, you often see that some civil officials often instruct their subordinates to handle things with their business cards, which is probably the reason.

After the porter checked it carefully, he smiled and said: "My lord, please forgive me, everyone said that the great man and the martial arts are all loyal and unparalleled, and they took the lead in opposing the government's tyrannical expropriation, and did not hesitate to fall into the edict of death and death.

In the lower mansion, although he has a strong heart, he has no choice but to be humble, and he just carefully checks it. ”

looked at the other party's outfit, although he was full of self-humility, he was dressed as a scholar, and his eyes were not big, but occasionally showed a trace of fine light, which showed that he was not a mediocre person.

Thinking about it, the gray income of the Ming officialdom is very large, this person probably has no hope of coming out to be a small official in order to support his family. Although it is now ushered in as a porter, it is not willing to be lonely.

Yang Lin laughed dryly twice, and said with a smile: "Brother Tai has a good reputation, although he opposes the government's expropriation and extortion, but as soon as the rebellion in the territory is quelled, the imperial court sent a new governor of the prefecture and county, so it seems that the people are going to suffer again." ”

Menzi arched his hand and said: "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, although the adult is a local handsome, he is in the limelight in this bandit war, and it is better to advance and retreat." ”

I think of the various rumors that have been circulating in the past few days, such as the implementation of officials serving in different places since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Lin's appointment as a warden and official on that day was actually due to the extraordinary period of war.

Yang Lin was born as a tribute, and after being recommended by the governor, the political envoy, and the Taoist yamen, he could only be awarded to small officials such as wardens and officials at most, and now he was promoted to the state governor in less than a few months, which is really too fast.

Most of the large and small scribes in Ruxian County and Yilong County, and the three classes of officials were selected by Yang Lin, and most of these people obeyed Yang Lin's orders, and now the governor of Zhizhou and County has no real power in his hands.

It is rumored that Yang Lin established a township office in the local area, which violated the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty.

The recovering of the power of the merchants in the various markets in Xiangru County and Yilong County not only harmed the power of the local gentry, but also made the officials have no money to collect.

………

Vaguely feeling that this disciple wanted to take the opportunity to remind himself of something, wanted to hint at something, he was shocked in his heart, and arched his hand: "What Mr. said is exact, although the previous practices are all good remedies for eliminating local maladministration, if the boss does not approve of it, he will definitely be a moth to the fire if he wantonly does this."

Brother Tai is cautious, his eyes are bright, he is really a wise and brave man, and he is young and frivolous and has the heart to get acquainted with Mr., and I hope that Mr. will not think that he is too frivolous in the next year. ”

The porter arched his hand and sighed: "In Xia Yin Chengqi, the mountains and fields are poor and talented, of course, they are not as young and talented as adults.

I don't dare to abandon literature and follow the military like an adult, I don't dare to take the lead in opposing the government's expropriation and extortion, I don't dare to establish a township office to collect business taxes, and I don't dare to take back the power of the local tyrants.

When it comes to the future, the future of adults is limitless. ”

Feeling that there was something in the words, Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, pulled the placket of the other party's clothes, and asked softly: "Brother Yin, you, what did you hear?" ”

The other party was obviously uncomfortable with such an intimate move, Yin Chengqi sighed: "My lord, you are really a real hero, the establishment of the township office to directly collect taxes, although it increases the revenue of the government, but it offends the local heroes and the yamen."

Nowadays, everyone has two opinions, some people think that you are a gentleman and destroy local rule, but some people think that you should do it, you are a great hero.

In any case, this is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and the matter has come to this point, and the adults should fight for it without hesitation. ”

The establishment of a township office to recover the power of local officials and gentry to collect their taxes will inevitably affect the money of the official group in the short term.

Yang Lin felt the trust of the other party, arched his hand and smiled: "Thank you, Brother Yin, for your kindness, it's not that I don't know the harm of this move, it's really the government's expropriation and tyranny of the people, if it weren't for this, I would be afraid of the country and the world." ”

was obviously stunned, staring at each other with dead eyes and looking quite puzzled, but the two had already entered the hall, so they had to turn around and leave after reporting.

Governor Chen Shiqi, Daotai Long Wenguang, and Governor Shi Jinchen are now in the hall, and Yang Lin bowed down and waited for questioning after visiting them one by one.

Chen Shiqi cleared his throat and said: "Ru Zhen, this time you have made meritorious contributions in transporting grain to exterminate the local tyrants and quelling the rebel rebellion, and you have made meritorious contributions at critical moments many times on the front line. ”

Thinking of Menzi Yin Chengqi's reminder, Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "The lower official is young and frivolous, offended the former Zhizhou and committed an unforgivable crime, but fortunately he was saved in prison by his teacher, and he was entrusted with a heavy task to serve the army, so he made a small contribution."

The lower officials were able to do this little merit this time, because of the good Bole of the teacher, and because the adults who participated in politics were as good as a stream. ”

Chen Shiqi was speechless with emotion, and Shi Jinchen, the prefect of Shunqing next to him, said: "Yang Lin Yang Ruzhen, the old man has been an official for several years, you can be regarded as a wise and brave person."

Having said that, but the imperial court discipline can not be violated, since ancient times, pay attention to the system of appointing officials in different places, and now there is a royal history that you are originally a person from Pengzhou as a Pengzhou magistrate, and the system is not compatible, and I hope that the governor of the yamen will correct it in the yamen prefect yamen. ”

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't mention the township office at all, and didn't mention the local business endowment at all, and directly mentioned the system of officials serving in different places, which made it useless for heroes to prepare for a long time.

Yang Lin didn't want to give up, so he immediately argued with reason, talking about the fact that the local business endowment was originally taken from the people, and should not be occupied by the local gentry, but should be taken from the people.

In order to resist Jiannu from the outside and from the inside, the imperial court had to levy three salaries, coupled with the government's wanton expropriation and wanton apportionment, and the local people were miserable.

In this troubled era, the only way to do this was to establish a township office, take back the power of local officials and gentry to expropriate business, abolish all apportionments of the government, and return a stable living environment to the common people.

Yang Lin ignored Shi Jinchen's many interruptions in the hall, argued with reason, and finally cried bitterly: "Lord Governor, Lord Daotai, Fei Lin doesn't know that most of the money of officials and officials comes from the local squires and filial piety.

Many people who have limited harvest in the field and have no food have become homeless, and many people who can't stand the suffering of hunger have become rogues and local tyrants.

The governor, the Daotai, take back the power of the local gentry and commerce, abolish all the apportionment of the government, if you want to stabilize the people's hearts and ensure local peace, there is no other way to give up this way.

Lord Governor, Lord Daotai, I, Yang Lin, am a cloth cloth, it doesn't matter if I don't have to be an official, if the government is still as wanton as in the past, and the officials are still as tyrannical as in the past, and the people can't live a stable life, this local tyrant in northern Sichuan will be wiped out and killed. ”

Many people in the hall were moved, some of the servants who were serving outside even sobbed, and the governor Chen Shiqi and Daotai Long Wenguang were also silent and in a dilemma, but Shi Jinchen, the prefect of Shunqing, was quite annoyed and even took a few shots, and reprimanded sharply: "Yang Lin, you are a little showman who prides himself on worrying about the country and the people, and is worried about the suffering of the people.

How could the local apportionment officials not know about the tyranny and extortion?

How can we not know the benefits of recovering the expropriation power of the local gentry and reducing the apportionment?

Even so, but the law and discipline of the court cannot be abolished, Emperor Taizu Gao opposed the recruitment of white servants by the government, this is a discipline, how can it be easily violated?

The gentry are the pillars of the place, how can they be easily destroyed?

Although some officials and squires thought that your Yang Lin's behavior was biased, the old man, the governor, and the Daotai lord also thought that it was very rare for you to raise food and pay for the army and assist the officers and soldiers in quelling the rebellion, so they did not publicly accuse you.

However, the implementation of the system of non-local posts by officials in the Ming Dynasty is an ancestral training, and it cannot be easily abandoned. It's impossible not to ask about the impeachment of the imperial history.

You are so bold and reckless, do you want to say that we are corrupt officials and heinous? ”

After half a year, of course, I know the Ming Shilin, and the Ming officialdom, which is different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty pays attention to integrity, from the Son of Heaven to the common people, and respects those who have integrity.

Since the other party made his words clear, Yang Lin didn't want to be ambiguous, stood under the hall, and said word by word: "Whether the adult is innocent is not something that the lower officials can know, and the lower officials hope that the higher officials will understand that the official government's apportion of Xu officials has made the people's livelihood miserable, and the lower officials hope that the upper officials will understand that if you want to abolish all the apportionment of the government, if you want to calm the people's hearts, if you want to achieve local governance, there is no other way to give up the right to recover the contracting rights of the officials and gentry." ”

Shi Jinchen was quite annoyed, and kept shouting loudly in the hall, Chen Shiqi and Long Wenguang fell into silence, of course the two were born in a cold family and knew the people's suffering (Zhang Xianzhong marched into Sichuan, Chen Shiqi was worried about destroying the local economy and did not adopt Qin Liangyu's suggestion to send heavy troops to guard the various passes in Sichuan), and also knew that the various bazaars were simply a cornucopia, and the wealth collected continued to flow into the pockets of Haoqiang, officials, and officials.