Looking at Wang Fuchen, who was tied up and pushed up, the surrounding guards shouted loudly: "Bold, why don't you kneel when you see my general?" ”

Wang Fuchen sneered and scolded: "Lao Tzu's leg only kneels to the sky and only kneels to the ground, but he has never knelt down to a corrupt official who bullied the people.

Yang Lin, don't talk nonsense, give grandpa a good time. ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General Wang, although the official is now the political envoy of Sichuan Zuobu and the deputy general of northern Sichuan, it can be said that there is not a single penny of corruption, let alone bullying the common people of Limin."

General Wang, tell me, as long as you can say that someone Yang is corrupt, as long as you say that someone Yang has bullied the people, then I will personally loosen your ties and let you go back. ”

Although he was quite surprised in his heart, Wang Fuchen still seemed to be indifferent and said: "Yang Lin, you are corrupt and bribery, and you are oppressive to the people, and the people of Sichuan know about it, do you still want to quibble?"

In the past, officials only had a salary, but now you have increased your office expenses, examination fees, office expenses, and examination fees are actually twice as much as those of Yulu, blatantly corrupt, and you also say how innocent you are. ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General Wang is right, the prefect, the governor of the prefecture and the county magistrate and other officials, their office expenses and examination fees are twice as high as those of Yulu.

Although the officials do not have office expenses, they also have many rewards every year according to the results of their work and the amount of office expenses they receive.

But if you think about it, this is just a rationalization, just like many counties don't have more than 108 loads of grain a year, even if they are honest, they have to hire a master and a long-term follower.

Think about it, if the landlord asks for long-term workers to farm the land, it will cost seven or eight taels of silver a year, and if you add the food eaten at the landlord's house all year round and rewarded on weekdays, can you lose twelve or three taels of silver in a year?

If the magistrate deducts the expenses of the master and the long-term follower, how much money can he leave behind, not to mention supporting his family, even he will not have enough food and drink. ”

Wang Fuchen glared at Yang Lin and laughed: "Yang Lin, you are a scholar, I am a mud leg, of course I am not as eloquent as you."

Zhixian County can't support his family with 108 quintals of grain a year, how many thick families have 100 quintals of grain a year?

Magistrates and landlords can't live, so how can we ordinary people live? You can't just read a few books and fool us mud legs. ”

The crowd was furious, and some even shouted and made them kneel.

Yang Lin waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "General Wang, the general thick family will not pay the wages of the master and the long-follower, but after the magistrate pays the salary of the master and the long-follower, what can be left?"

You are right, in addition to having food and clothing, the life of officials should not be too chilling, and the magistrate can at least live a decent life. ”

Wang Fuchen laughed and said: "Yes, I joined the rebel army, which is what your government calls a thief, mainly because the place was plagued by famine, the landlords and gentry oppressed, and the government took advantage of it, and I couldn't survive, so I had to defect to the rebel army in the end."

Yang Lin, you have a bad heart, unlike other corrupt officials, but are you too ruthless to the people?"

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General Wang smiled, what is the situation in Sichuan, the people are wandering everywhere, the government and bandits are rampant, and the people are not happy, General Wang, you go and take a look."

Over the past few years, I have resettled nearly 100,000 displaced people.

The people under the jurisdiction of Pengzhou have no more than 6 liters of rice per mu of fertile land and 6 liters of wheat per mu of dry land.

In the past, many of the government were 2 or 3 coins of silver, and in some places there were more.

Ding Fu is 1 yuan and 2 cents of silver per ding, while in other places it is 4 or 5 yuan.

This is only a nominal tax silver, in fact less, as long as there is an invoice in hand, the invoice for paying 2 cents of silver can be worth 1 cent of silver.

General Wang, if you don't believe me, I can entrust you to investigate, and if anyone dares to violate this red line, I will not only punish you immediately, but also kowtow to you and the oppressed people to admit their mistakes.

Also, didn't General Wang say that all the people wanted was to have something to eat and a piece of clothing to wear, you go and see, even if those prisoners of the Great Western Army were in Tuntian after the trial, they still had enough to eat every day. ”

Wang Fuchen shook his head and said: "We also know that the lord is a good official, but the lord wants to say whether there is corruption or not, and it is really difficult to find other evidence in the next place, so it has to be like this." ”

When Yang Lin heard this, he turned his anger into joy and smiled without saying a word.

Next to him, Yin Chengqi enlightened: "General Wang, although you were defeated and captured, it was mainly because of what the Great Western Army had done since it entered Sichuan, which caused the soldiers to deviate from morality, mainly because the equipment was not fine."

Although the adults are young, they think about the people's livelihood, although the war is chaotic, but in the past few years, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the adults are indeed good officials for the country and the people. ”

Wang Fuchen thought for a while, and arched his hand: "The adults are so enlightened, and the small ones are not ignorant of lifting.

But as the adults said last year, now that the Manchu Tartars have entered the Central Plains, it is time to abandon internal strife and unite with the outside world. ”

Yang Lin's face turned red, he had publicized the intention of boycotting the army when he was weak last year, but he didn't expect that the other party would use this kind of words to squeeze himself this year.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin Zhengse said: "What General Wang said is reasonable, now that the Manchu Tartars have entered the Central Plains, if Zhang Xianzhong thinks of the people a little, we should strike the army and make peace, unite with the outside world, and crusade against the Tartars."

But after a year, Zhang Xianzhong has intensified his aggression on the people's livelihood, and the great Sichuan has made people angry, and the people are even more verbally rumored about Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Sichuan.

Last year, I advocated that the two families strike the army and make peace, and that it is true that they should jointly expel the Tartars. But now Zhang Xianzhong is perverse, only by cleaning up the scourge of Zhang Xianzhong first, and then it is possible to crusade against the Tartars. ”

Wang Fuchen shook his head and asked, "As the saying goes, rumors stop at the wise, but the folk rumors actually think they are true?" That's ridiculous, isn't it?

Since our emperor entered the Si Chuan, he abolished the local tax for three years, eradicated the scheming Shu king's clan relatives, and eradicated the Xue beetle, which should have followed Liu Bei's example as a base, and then waited for the world to change his relatives and lead the army out of the Northern Expedition to expel the Tartars and restore China.

How can adults be like children in the world, and what Zhang Xianzhong Tuchuan is said by word of mouth, this is too child's play. ”

Yang Lin's face was slightly red, he smiled, and said: "General Zhang wants to use Sichuan as a base, just like the crusade against Zhuwen, he made ten mistakes." ”

Immediately listed them one by one, Wang Fuchen's face turned pale, he didn't believe it at first, but finally he had to be convinced.

1. Long Wenguang destroyed the Chengdu Plain, and after Zhang Xianzhong controlled it, he did not resume production and concentrated on fighting, which led to the increasingly serious local famine.

2. Grab the ploughing cattle and destroy the agricultural mulberry.

3. The 50,000 clansmen of the King of Shu were slaughtered, and the slaughter was very heavy.

4. Some people defected and surrendered, killing other innocent people.

5. Slaughtered thousands of surrendered soldiers in Qingfu

……

Seeing that the other party had nothing to say, Yang Lin continued to promote his philosophy:

People have two sacred rights, that is, the right to subsistence and the right to development.

Let's talk about the right to subsistence first, as long as the people work hard and do not violate the law and discipline, the government and the yamen must ensure the basic right of the people's right to subsistence.

If there are recalcitrant people who infringe on the people's right to life, and the government turns a deaf ear, and if there are even officials and servants of the government and yamen who directly infringe on the people's right to life, the people have the right to develop weapons to defend their rights.

In the past, the government used to take advantage of the people, and General Wang defended his own right to survival in the past, but undermined the right to survival and development of others.

In a hurry, he said the right to survival and the right to development shouted by the Communist Party in his previous life, and he thought that everyone would cheer loudly, but Qian Bangqi, the first supervisor, sighed and said: "What the adults said is good, but the government has nothing to do."

The people of northern Shaanxi suffered a natural disaster, and the governor Yang He advocated pacification, but the imperial court really couldn't come up with money and food to redeem the people.

Since the Great Shaanxi Rebellion, how many Ming generals are like adults, as long as the Liukou agrees to surrender without severe punishment, but the Liukou is extremely cunning, and often just settled, they immediately rebel. ”

Yang Lin was quite surprised, and listened to Qian Bangqi and Yin Chengqi repeatedly introduce the cases of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong who rebelled immediately after returning to obedience many times.

Wang Fuchen did not refute either, and bluntly said that the government did not pay attention to the people, not only to prevent but also to ask for bribes, and everyone had no way to live.

Yang Lin thought for a while and sighed: "What General Wang said is good, as long as you can eat enough, who wants to be a rogue?"

In the past, although the imperial court appeased the homeless and rebel army many times, it did not pay attention to it at all after the resettlement, and everyone had nothing to eat, so of course they rebelled in order to survive.

Since I led the troops, I have resettled nearly 100,000 homeless people and homeless people, and there was no shortage of treacherous people such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but why can't they become a climate?

The main reason is that I not only settled everyone, selected loyal and righteous people to supplement the army, gave their families settling in allowances, and paid military salaries to buy food to eat, but also did everything possible to lend grain and provide cattle, so that everyone could have food, clothing, and houses to live in.

As long as we Chinese can survive, even if there are so-called traitors among them, who can rebel? Even if there is a rebellion, how can it succeed? ”

Of course, Wang Fuchen knew that several prefectures under the rule of the Great Western Army were defeated, and now when he heard the other party talk about it, his expression was quite gloomy, and for a while, the entire big tent actually seemed quite quiet.

Yang Lin laughed a few times, got up from the table, personally untied the ropes on his body, and said: "I am also true to my word, I just said that as long as I can say the corruption in person, I will immediately loosen the ties."

Although I didn't have any corruption, it was just because the income of the officials was too low, and the office expenses and examination fees were really helpless, and I just hoped to adjust the officials' salaries to a reasonable level.

Even so, if some shameless people use this as an excuse in the future, it will be a disaster for thousands of years to raise the income of officials without any reason.

It is really rare for General Wang to be able to point out the disadvantages in the next moment, Yang Lin is shameless, and now he is thanking the general. ”

Wang Fuchen was shocked, hurried, and resigned again and again.

Yang Lin sighed: "The general is a loyal and righteous man, although he follows Zhang Xianzhong, but it is only for the justice of the world, so that Li Min Qiantou can have something to eat."

In the next scholar, in the past few years of politics, what he has done is the same as that of the two generals.

If the general does not dislike it, he can temporarily commit himself to our volunteer army to jointly resist the Qing Dynasty in the future. ”

Wang Zhibang, a staff officer next to him, also admonished loudly: "Brother Wang, although everyone is the main one, I think everyone knows the adult's personality."

Your Excellency is so polite and virtuous, Brother Wanwang should not refuse. ”

Now that the Great Western Army has been declining, Wang Fuchen has long had the intention of surrendering, and now seeing that Yang Lin is so kind, he hurriedly knelt down and surrendered.

Yang Lin was overjoyed and ordered him to gather people and select elites to reorganize his department.

The selection of volunteers was very strict, and the number of prisoners of war was less than 600 people, and they were reorganized into a battalion, led by Wang Zhibang, and directly under the command of Yang Lin.

The navy was expanded into two Flying Tiger warship brigades, seven sampan boat brigades, and seven transport brigades, and Wang Fuchen was promoted to chief of staff of the navy.

The other 1,000 or so captives were placed elsewhere in Tuntian, and it took two days of hard work to settle them properly.