Chapter 34: The people who are exempt from taxes live in peace and recruit soldiers to eliminate harm for the people

Although everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you get off to a good start, meet some good people, and figure out the context of things; If you go down the line, you will always have an unexpected effect.

Horses have the meaning of hanging reins, and dogs have the grace of grass. As mentioned last time, on the day of the proposal, Lao Miao Wang was also magnanimous, and gave Wang Jialing as a dowry to King Yao, and King Yao even purchased a rich bride price.

Although Wang Xuance was deeply pleased, there was a hint of worry in this relief. This hidden concern is precisely this Juntian Decree: it has been promulgated for a few days, and there is still no progress, which is quite a headache.

After three rounds of wine, the dishes have five flavors, and after chatting about business, it is the parents who gossip. But listening to this old Miao Wang quite boldly said to Wang Xuance: "Wang Mingfu is the benefactor of our two villages, in the future in this Huangshui County, there is a little old man who needs assistance, Mingfu please just say." ”

King Yao was also very grateful to Wang Xuance and others for their efforts to resolve grievances, so he received with the words of King Miao: "I follow my father-in-law Taishan Lord Ma is looking forward, if there is a need for my Yao Zhai to come forward, the definition is unavoidable!" Hearing the words of the two, Wang Xuance was also overjoyed!

So, the parents briefly asked them about the tax: "As for the tax problem in this county, I have investigated in detail, and it is true that in the past, it was indeed a lot of overcharge, which made the people suffer. Since I, Wang Xuance, am the acting agent of Huangshui, I will live up to the trust of the people from now on and act according to the rules! ”

Hearing this, everyone was also overjoyed.

Then, Wang Xuance took advantage of their joy and said helplessly: "It's a pity that although there has been a clear notice for the barrenness of this land, all the ownerless land in the county will be distributed to the people in accordance with the requirements of the uniform land system, but this small man is coming, and the people are still hiding in the mountains, ignoring it at all, and they are very helpless!" ”

Speaking of this, Lao Miao Wang immediately returned: "It's good that the Ming Mansion is in this government, but the problem lies in this borderless land!" ”

"I don't know what to do with this?" Wang Xuance asked sincerely with doubts.

"It is precisely because the Borderlands nominally belong to the government that the people are deeply worried. Over the years, especially our Huangshui is located in a remote area, which has caused the corruption of the government and the tyranny of the government. The people avoided the mountains, although the conditions were harsh, but they were also quiet and stable. If you come back to farm and still do the same as before, wouldn't it be even more cost-effective to change the order every day? In fact, what the people want is a stable period! "Lao Miao Wang hit the nail on the head in every sentence, but it was just a little obscure!

Hearing this, Wang Xuance suddenly had an epiphany, it turned out that there were still many imperfections in this government, and after some thought, he returned brightly: "Since this is the case, it will be for a period of three years, and the government will not take away the land within three years, and I will also be the peak of the Ming Dynasty, and the people will be exempted from paying taxes for two years." And in the process of cultivating the wasteland, the county government provides free farming tools such as cattle and seeds, as long as you want to farm and work, you will distribute them! I wonder how? ”

When the old Miao King heard this, he was happy: "Okay, since this is the case, I am willing to use my name to gather these people to go down the mountain to cultivate!" ”

When King Yao heard his father-in-law say this, he also replied affirmatively: "I am also willing to summon these people back in the name of Yao Village."

In this way, early the next morning, Wang Xuance worked out the specific laws and regulations in detail, and then asked the officials to re-post each village to show the whole people. Lao Miao Wang and Yao Wang also called on these people to go down the mountain and farm according to their influence and charisma!

It is precisely because of the guarantee of the leaders of the Miao Yao clan that these people in the mountains returned to their hometowns with a tentative psychology to cultivate the wasteland. After a few days of land measurement, land division, and such great support from the government. Finally, around Xiaoman, all the wasteland was reclaimed and seedlings were planted. It has effectively achieved that the cultivator has his own land, so that the uniform field system has been thoroughly implemented and implemented in Huangshui County temporarily!

Wang Xuance looked at the field where the seedlings had been planted, and was very pleased, and the heavy rain that followed indicated that this was another harvest year. And all this also makes a wicked man who is eyeing it in his eyes......

In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn harvest season. After Wang Xuance's presentation of facts and evidence, the will of the imperial court has been lowered, and the people of Huangshui County will be exempted from paying taxes for two years. The people who heard this letter were very pleased, and when they looked at the solid granary, they not only smiled from ear to ear, but also felt that a good official had finally arrived!

The people are the cornerstone of all problems, as long as there is the support of the people, relying on the people, relying on the people, hiding wealth from the people, hiding soldiers from the people, all problems are not problems! Today's Wang Xuance is not only supported by the people, but also loved by the people, and his prestige is like the sky!

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and in a blink of an eye, they have been in Huangshui for more than two years, and with the solution of the problem of Miao Yao and the two villages and the people's taxation, Wang Xuance is also a lot of relief. Then, it not only ran a township school and practiced education, but also promoted new agricultural tools and technologies, so that the entire Huangshui County had a new look.

Of the three problems in front of them, the only thing left was the bandit trouble in Jin Jialing. In his consciousness, he originally thought that the easiest problem to solve, but he never expected that it would be delayed for so long. In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to suppress, but it's really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and she has no soldiers at hand.

Although there has been no suppression of bandits in the past two years, this Wang Xuance has not been idle at all on the issue of suppressing bandits, and often asks Chen Maocai, Zhou Zeng and all the officials to take turns to explore the specific movements of the bandits and the evil things they have done, and then Jiang Xiancheng has compiled them into a file for later use!

Suddenly, a government official hurriedly came to report: "The granary of Xiaoshahe Town has been robbed by bandits, and more than 10,000 catties of grain have been lost."

Everyone who was in the main hall was shocked when they heard it! After figuring out the details, Wang Xuance, who was angry, immediately questioned Zhou Chen and the others: "How did you two find out, people robbed us, not only did we not know at all, but also let them swagger like this, strolled around in a grand manner, and transported the grain away unhurriedly!" This spreads out, where do we put our face? ”

This reproach of splitting the head and covering the face, the two of them also looked at each other: the people sent out have also been monitoring this, how could this moth be born!

It turned out that the bandit leader here, in the early years in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, attached himself to different mountains, conquered the south and the north, and also cultivated some art of war. Ever since Chen Erren had closely monitored their movements, every time they went out, there were always officials on guard in advance, so they always returned in vain. But with the decrease in food on the mountain, we have to think about the food of these brothers. Taking advantage of the strict monitoring of the county government, the bandit leader planned to make a plan, and on a dark and windy night in a month, such a sound came to attack the west, and the tiger took out the strategy. robbed the granary of the government of Xiaoshahe Town.

Fortunately, this year's grain harvest is abundant, although the granary of Xiaoshahe Town has always been an important storage place for official grain in Huangshui County, but the imperial court is exempt from taxes in Huangshui for two years, so the loss is not heavy! Although the loss is not heavy, it has far-reaching implications, because this is the first time that the bandits of Jin Jialing dare to rob official food so blatantly. What's more, because of the shortage of government officials in the county, if this is the case, several granaries such as Siguan Town and Dangkou Town are even more dangerous!

Facing the empty granary of Xiaoshahe Town, Wang Xuance gritted his teeth fiercely. So he decided again to submit an official document to Huang Yuji, the assassin of Rongzhou, to eliminate this gang of bandits in order to eliminate future troubles.

This Rongzhou assassin Huang Yuji, who was originally a pawn under Li Daozong, rose step by step to the Rongzhou assassin history with his military exploits. Because when Wang Xuance exiled Huang Shuiling, Li Daozong had already greeted Huang Yuji, the purpose was to experience this Wang Xuance, so he had to do it: don't hear, don't ask, don't help. As long as you don't do anything out of the ordinary, let him go! Sure enough, Wang Xuance's plan to borrow troops this time was rejected by Huang Yuji again.

In the past two years, everything Wang Xuance has done here has been privately presented by Huang Yuji to Li Daozong, reconcile the century-old grievances between the two villages of Miao Yao, restore production, reward farming, and set up a new township school, which has been done very beautifully. When Li Daozong learned of this political achievement, he was very pleased with this kid's enthusiasm. At this time, Snow Goose, although he misses him very much, but because his family watches him very closely, he can only read and practice words in the boudoir, and he is bored to pass the day!

Three-foot Longquan Ten Thousand Books, what about me born in God? can't govern the country and secure the world, and vainly call men and children! Within a few days, Wang Xuance received such a reply from Huang Yuji, the assassin of Rongzhou: "Because the world was initially decided, the imperial court strictly controlled the transfer of troops, so there were no soldiers to adjust; However, everything in the Yellow Water belongs to your dispatch, if you can get rid of this bandit and keep the peace of the Yellow Water, you will be a great achievement!

Seeing such a miscellaneous reply, Wang Xuance was angry and hateful, and asked for troops again and again, but there were no soldiers, how to fight this battle! When everyone was depressed, Jiang Yongde Jiang Xiancheng's eyes rolled, and then he said: "Mingfu, since we can't borrow soldiers, why don't we recruit soldiers?" A few days ago, I counted the treasury, and there were more than 1,000 pairs of knives, guns and armor, all of which were stored in Siguan Cang."

"Is that true?" Wang Xuance asked excitedly. After receiving the exact reply, everyone was immediately overjoyed.

Although the three of them had also experienced a rain of swords, but after Chen Maocai's reminder, they were only half happy, and then fell into hesitation. Because according to the law of the early Tang Dynasty, conscription must be approved by the imperial court, otherwise there is no right to conscript all soldiers. If you don't get the imperial edict, the crime of private soldiers alone is a felony, and it is even more inexplicable if you support the soldiers and respect yourself!

They have experienced the helplessness of Liangzhou and know the danger of officialdom, how can this be good. At this time, Wang Xuance also became a little more sophisticated. After thinking about it, he asked Jiang Xiancheng to reply to Huang Tingshi with such an official letter, to the following effect: Since the state can't provide soldiers, in order to suppress bandits and protect the peace of the people of Huangshui, then I will start conscription, I hope that Huang Tingshi will support more, and after the bandits are exterminated, these soldiers will naturally be disbanded on the spot, please rest assured that Huang Tingshi and the court can rest assured.

When Huang Yuji, who was old and serious, received this official letter, he was immediately happy: This kid really has him! But that's fine, at least there is no need for anything from the imperial court, as long as it can exterminate the bandits, it is a good thing; If you can't, you have to shirk the responsibility for this matter. So, I only replied with three words: I know.

Hey! This matter made Wang Xuance and the three of them confused again, what is this going to be like that, on the one hand, they want to let themselves do things, and on the other hand, they don't give them rights, whether they agree or disagree with the three words "know".

To say that although Jiang Xiancheng has suffered some losses before, there is no ambiguity in this matter. So, with the atmosphere of an old pedant, he said to the three of them: "These words can only explain one problem, we can only succeed in suppressing bandits this time, we cannot fail, and everything is easy to say if we succeed." If it fails, then the Ming Mansion will have to bear a series of responsibilities. ”

"Failure is failure, what responsibility can you bear" Zhou Zeng said with a big grin! However, Chen Maocai and Wang Xuance continued to listen to Jiang Xiancheng thoughtfully.

"Mingfu, you see, this Huang Envoy replied with these three words, indicating that he wanted to take credit and get rid of responsibility. If it fails, the imperial court will definitely know that at this time, we will privately recruit troops and requisition national food, which is a big crime. Because there is no merit, at this time, Huang Yuanjun will definitely wash it up, saying that I didn't agree at the time, I just knew. If the Ming Mansion wins, this Huang Envoy will definitely say, this is for you to act at the opportunity! ”

Hey, after such an analysis by this doghead county, this is really the case. Although he suffered a loss in Liangzhou, for the sake of the peace of the people, Wang Xuance still made a decision on the spot, so do it!

This Jiang Xiancheng, see him think so much about the safety of the people! I felt something, so I rolled my eyes, and made another plan: "Since it is a conscription, the whole county will be informed." By then, the bandits will know. They will also take more precautions, the people of the county are the most intimate people, and only by attacking them unpreparedly can they reduce casualties, but also seek benefits for the people of the county! If it is attacked by force, there will be heavy casualties, and it seems to be worthy of the people's fathers and elders! ”

When Wang Xuance heard this, he felt very kind, and this act of loving the people and cherishing the lives of the people coincided with Li Daozong's theory of life and death, and he admired and moved him. So Shen Shi Yili said: "Mr. has lived in Huangshui for many years, I don't know what to think, Xuan Ce asked Mr. for advice"

From the disdain at the beginning, to the later gratification, step by step to today's feelings, Wang Xuance's change to Jiang Xiancheng has deeply moved this half-hundred-hundred-year-old person. Seeing that he was so sincere, Jiang Xiancheng also returned with an excited expression: "The Ming Mansion is all for the people of the county, how dare I not do my duty!" ”

After mutual respect. With a deep understanding of the situation in Huangshui County, I only listened to Jiang County's eloquent words: "Just because we only need to recruit 1,000 soldiers, instead of being blatant, it is better to find a few large villages and train soldiers in the name of training village soldiers, so that we can not only confuse the bandits, but also surprise them!" ”

A word to wake up the dreamer. This is exactly what the art of war says: hiding troops from the people, training them from the people, and attacking them by surprise. Scatter the training of soldiers, each village is more than 100, less than 50, although it is carried out in the name of the village, it seems to be to defend the homeland, but in fact it is to fight bandits, thinking of this, Wang Xuance suddenly enlightened! In this way, the matter of private conscription will be washed cleanly!

After this incident, Xuan Ce and the three of them were very grateful to this Jiang County!

Then after another total, Wang Xuance took Jiang Xiancheng and Chen Maocai and set off towards the two villages. After a little narration, King Miao was well aware of the intention of the three people, and readily agreed, and then passed down the order: "Every young and strong young man in the village should be organized, practice more, and strictly protect the village." When King Yao heard this, this was a way to ask for the people's lives and ensure the safety of the people, and he did not refuse.

In a few days, the Miao and Yao clans recruited more than 1,000 elite soldiers, and although they were scattered in various villages, everything was carried out in an orderly manner according to the plan. Zhou Zeng and Chen Maocai, because they both have experience in battle to kill the enemy, they know how to train and how to arrange troops. Just the two of them, the soldiers trained in high spirits, and the instruments were lofty.

Faced with a rain of swords and swords, a different duel began, and in the face of such precise planning, can it really eliminate this gang of bandits...... Please take a look at the next time: I happened to meet the four lists and returned to Shun, and on the full moon day, Xuan Ce attacked the village.