"The king of the Ming Dynasty retired with the country, which was originally a manifestation of the ancestors' compassion for the bloodline and the importance of their relatives. In fact, this can't be wrong, after all, no one wants their children and grandchildren to suffer. Even I hope to accumulate a good net worth so that my children and grandchildren can live a life without hard work, and at least for three generations without being poor. This is human nature, as long as it is a normal person's parents, they will have similar thoughts. However, at the beginning of the establishment of the system, the speed of the clan's growth and reproduction was ignored, and they were restricted too much. The ancestors started from the grass, and naturally knew what kind of virtue it would be if the phoenix son and dragon grandson got along with the people. Therefore, if they do not communicate with the four people, it can be regarded as the protection of the people. Otherwise, these people will not be able to do business, and other people will not be able to open their businesses, and these people will have no land to plant. They can go to any place and say that this field is theirs, and the local yamen is helpless, so the original system can be regarded as a protection, which protects both the clan and the people. ”

In the yamen of the procuratorate, Fan Jin held Xue Wu in his arms and whispered. Zhang Shunqing has been gone for two days, and when she left, she took a large number of female guards and Liang Pandi with her. Although Shanxi is not a peaceful place, it is a bodhisattva to not attack the cottage with the scale of her guards, so naturally no one dares to provoke her, so there is no need to worry about safety. And what she was going to meet was Wang Chonggu, an important minister who had promoted the tribute together.

Wang Chonggu served as the governor of Xuanda, and later transferred to the secretary of the military department. Although he and Zhang Siwei are in-laws, they are also Zhang Juzheng's hardcore allies. When I answered the tribute, the two were partners, and on the same day, a new law was implemented in Shanxi, allowing a large number of merchants to enter, and Wang Chonggu contributed a lot. If there is a conflict between the two sides, he should be neutral, support for the new law, and have no objection to his in-laws, if there is a conflict between the two sides, his greatest possibility is to ignore it and live at home with peace of mind.

He is also a top-level gentry in Shanxi, and his family is a big business, Zhang Shunqing is friends with several female relatives of his family, and there is no need to worry about the safety of the Wang family. Fan Jin was also down-to-earth, and he also started his own actions in the past two days. This emotion was that he had just returned from the residence of those clan disciples and was moved to see their living conditions.

"The vassal king is too capable of giving birth. There was an old prince back then who didn't know him because he had too many children and grandchildren. In the end, he asked the imperial court to send someone to help him investigate and see how many bloodlines there were, so that he would know how capable they were. In the beginning, the vassal kings lived in a city, but later there were too many people, and there was not so much land for them to build houses on, and there were not so many fields for them to use as an inheritance, so they had to be transferred to other places. As a result, where there are vassal kings, it is often like cockroaches, and if you see one here, there will be a hundred behind you. ”

"Retreat and dare to say that the Miao descendants of the Tianjia family are cockroaches, beware of being caught and beheaded."

"It's okay, when the time comes, Xue Nuxia will definitely fall from the sky and rescue me, I believe you." Fan Jin said with a smile:

"Although these people are nominally an ancestor, they have been living and multiplying for so long, there are so many people, many of them don't know each other, and they can't talk about family affection. There are rebellious things in the clan from time to time, and it has a lot to do with this. If they can't get by, they will harm others. Therefore, there are ceremonial guests robbing during the day, and the clan beating houses and robbing houses. The local yamen can't do anything to them, so they can only play the court. So most people can only choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore it, this group of people has changed from a phoenix and a dragon grandson to a local tyrant, and that's how they came. ”

Xue Wudao: "I think some of them are quite pitiful. Just like that girl, thin and weak...... looks worse than the girls in Youlanju at the beginning. ”

"That's it. The land in Shanxi is barren, and it cannot be compared with the poor land in the southeast, and the poor are naturally more miserable. After so many years, the original system of protecting children and grandchildren has become a shackle that causes Fengzi and Longsun to have no way to survive. Those strong feudal lords naturally live a good life, but the worst thing is that those weak branches are divided, Lu rice is not enough to eat, often in arrears, and they are not allowed to communicate with the four people, no matter what kind of livelihood is illegal. Those who are bold to be thieves, those who are kind-hearted and timid can only wait at home to starve to death, and some actually abandon their noble status incognito to become beggars in other places. His own children and grandchildren mixed this virtue, this must not be Grandpa Hongwu's original intention. I went to see it today, the dilapidated houses where those people live are no different from those shacks, and the so-called phoenix sons and dragon grandchildren have become inferior to ordinary people. Your Majesty would not be happy if he saw this. ”

"The Acting King's Mansion is not poor." Xue Wudao: "Miss Zhu said, the palace is extremely rich, the palace has a hundred years of savings, not to mention the gold and silver treasures, just the large fields, I don't know how many people envy it." ”

"That's the problem at hand, and that's the meaning of the new law. On the one hand, some people are connected to each other, and on the other hand, some people are starving to death. It's all a family, not to mention that they don't know each other. The role of the imperial court is to try to control this kind of thing within a balanced range. Rich people can be rich, but they must always feed the poor, otherwise they will all rise up and rebel, and everyone's pot will be smashed. The father-in-law cleared the land and determined the ownership, in fact, it was not to take away their land, but to clarify the rights and responsibilities of the land. In the preferential part, just do whatever you want, and pay the rent for the excess part, but it is not that you can't pay it. But even if they are unhappy, it can only mean that there is something wrong with their land. ”

Xue Wudao: "Thinking about coming this time, I thought it was to rectify the military affairs, but I didn't expect to start from the land." ”

"Many people may look at this kind of thing as a soldier, but I don't see it that way. It's not that it's not important, but it's about knowing what the military is based on. What is needed to maintain the army is wealth, and in the past, everyone said that the nine sides needed silver taels, which cannot be said to be wrong, but it is not comprehensive. You have also seen the current situation, and the constant input of silver will only cheapen grain merchants. The real solution is to fill the border with supplies and establish a normal business environment. In this way, the silver will be effective, and it will not take too much. For the imperial court, this is the most cost-effective choice. The best way for this kind of thing is that the imperial court is responsible for transporting the grain to the nine sides, bearing the material consumption and cost in the process. But when you think about it, you know that it is impossible, and the current court can't wait to be Pixiu, so you can only enter and not leave. So this road doesn't work, and the next way is to let the border land solve it by itself. ”

"Back then, there was a military tun, and my father burned bricks in Yanghe Fort, and he didn't look at the terrain to find water veins, and wanted to reclaim the fields and find food for the border army."

"Old Tarzan's heart is good, but ...... No. There are many reasons for the desertion of military cantonments, such as the encroachment of soldiers' fields by officers, and the need to pay rent for the land reclaimed by the army. But here, there is a more fatal problem than these, the land is not good. ”

Fan Jin could not explain to the people of this era the problems of soil erosion and desertification. But the general truth can still be understood. It is not that there is land for cultivation, especially in these border areas, the land is not fertile in the first place, and blind reclamation leads to serious soil erosion, and under the vicious circle, the land is rapidly desertified. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of military cantonments in these places in order to restore grain production, which was in line with the national environment at that time. However, it is not the year of Hongwu, and the barren land in the northwest region is no longer a problem that can be solved by reclamation.

Besides, the nine sides are in a state of war all the year round, and let people build military camps here, and the safety of their lives is not guaranteed, and no one wants to come. Even military households can flee, how can ordinary people not run? A very important reason for the abolition of the Kaizhong Law is that the military can't get it at all.

If the military can't do it, it can only seek support from the people. Just as Liaodong's military rations mainly rely on Shandong shipping, the best solution for Shanxi's military rations is to ask for grain from the people.

It's not that Shanxi is without grain, and big households like Zhang Yunling are hoarding a lot of grain. It's just that they will push up the price of grain all the way, increase the value of their grain several times, and exchange grain for silver and cast silver balls in the cellar, instead of ensuring the supply of materials at the border gates.

In all fairness, Fan Jin did not think that the gentry and merchants had an obligation to suffer losses for the sake of the border army, and this obligation was the responsibility of the imperial court. So what to do is for the court to urge them to complete this work that they themselves are not willing to do, which is the meaning of the new law.

"The land should be measured clearly, and the yellow book should be established clearly and unambiguously, so that the government knows who should bear how many taxes and how many servants. Then collect some money and grain from the big households to ensure that there are enough supplies in the warehouse. They don't want to reduce the price, so the government will come to reduce the price to ensure that the materials in their hands can smash the price down, and they can't take it down if they break the stomach of the big households. Ma Tengshi is full, so that the border army has no worries about having a full stomach, and he can eat a full stomach without relying on his wife to sell it, and this kind of military affairs is meaningful. It's much more useful than training the three armies, or counting the number of troops. To tell you the truth, I don't understand these things, and I will leave it to Qi Jin and your father and brother in the future. People are self-aware, I am not the talent of Sun Wu, let me command thousands of armies, I am destined to lose my teacher and mislead the country. Therefore let the people who take the money do these things. My biggest dream is to be a thief, and naturally I can be more leisurely. ”

Xue Wu snorted, "Retreat is a nice thing to say, you are not idle at all in doing this." The dragon and the tiger are fighting, you tiger is going to be against the dragon, who can say that you are idle in this errand. If you want me to see it, it's easier for my eldest brother and Qi Jin to do their errands. But...... You let my eldest brother take charge of the army, not afraid of Mei's attack? ”

"Whatever she wants. I know that she is an innocent victim in this incident, but there are many innocent victims in this world, and she can't do whatever she wants if she is victimized, and everyone revolves around her. Zheng Chan suffered more than she did at the beginning, and she didn't see her like her. I gave her a chance, I gave her a chance that night, and even though it was a good idea, if she said no, I would still stop. The path was chosen by herself, and she couldn't go too far. She deliberately made trouble for you today, didn't she? I heard that I deliberately splashed you with hot water in the kitchen, but luckily you flashed quickly. ”

Xue Wu smiled bitterly, "She always thought that I was helping my eldest brother restore his official position, and asked my eldest brother not to marry her, so it is normal to hold a grudge against me." Besides, if I draw the red line for my eldest brother now, she will hate me even more. In the final analysis, it is still a love word, she can never forget my eldest brother in her heart, but she can't be together, love becomes hate. As deep as love goes, so does hate. So it makes sense that she hates me. I don't actually blame her, I will be more than she will be in the same place. As long as...... Just don't eat my big brother's vinegar. ”

She looked at Fan Jin a little nervously, Fan Jin laughed and said: "What's there to be jealous of, I'm a wicked person in this matter, so I'm not qualified to be jealous, and I haven't reached that point." Everyone is just acting, my sincerity is not in her, so naturally I will not be jealous. If it were a man you couldn't forget, I would have killed someone to prevent future troubles. ”

"Then retreat pretends to be really good to her, otherwise she will be pitiful." Xue Wu sighed, "In the final analysis, it was Zhu Naixuan who harmed them, otherwise they would have been married long ago, and they wouldn't have been like this." Retreat should be for me, is it good to teach Zhu Naixuan a lesson? ”

"The lady has an order, how dare she disobey it? I've been preparing for this for the past two days. ”

"Oh? Also including tomorrow's Zhang's literary meeting? I heard that the eight famous tricks of Datong will go to Zhang's house tomorrow to accompany them, and when the time comes, it is also part of the layout, I want to talk to the eldest lady about this matter, let her guess what kind of strategy this is? ”

Fan Jin stretched out his hand to tickle her, Xue Wu also shot back unceremoniously, the two laughed for a while, and Fan Jin said: "Actually, tomorrow's Wenhui is really part of the plan." Now those clans don't want to jump out, but they don't dare. Everyone is worried that if I leave after staying here for a short time, they will be able to catch the revenge of the Acting Palace. Moreover, no matter how powerful the patrol is, it is a single official, and he can't do it on his own. Whether the local yamen obeys your command or not is still between the two, and even if they do, how much they can listen to is a question. What really reassures them is the attitude of the gentry. After all, these people have local power, especially the Zhang family, who is both a big family and a prime minister, even if it is against the Miao descendants of the Heavenly Family, they can't break their wrists. At this time, the Wenhui is naturally not as simple as the Wenhui, if Zhang Jiaken stands up to help, they will naturally have confidence in me and know that things can be done. As for the rest, it's really a subsection...... Section. I even have a martial champion, how can the glamorous women of Datong get into the eyes. ”

Xue Wu smiled, "Ordinary glamorous women are naturally not eye-catching, but if they are stunningly beautiful, it is difficult to say." When the head of our family left, he deliberately explained that Meihua Lao Jiu was just a medicine primer, and the real big head was still behind. To be honest, I was a little scared. Mei's physiognomy is still the first-rate color even in the southeast, what magic weapon can the Zhang family come up with? ”

Fan Jin said: "What magic weapon is just a bait to lure me into the bait, even if it is Tianxiang Guose, what can it do?" It's not always my own intimate person, and I can tell the difference between inside and outside. ”

Xue Wuqiu smiled narrowly, "That being said, you always have to swallow this bait." ”

"yes, but before you swallow the bait, you goblin must be eaten first."

In the study, there was another laugh.

Xue Wenlong's room.

The first girl to complain to Fan Jin sat at the head of the bed and carefully mended Xue Wenlong's clothes. Xue Wenlong wanted to leave the room to avoid suspicion, but was pushed back by Xiao Changce, and he was not allowed to miss this opportunity. Looking at the girl who was not beautiful but gentle enough, Xue Wenlong's heart did not fluctuate much, and all he thought about was Xue Wu's advice: Don't miss the opportunity.

The girl screamed, but her finger was pierced by a sewing needle, Xue Wenlong stepped forward, and he didn't know what to say. The girl glanced at him and hurriedly said, "It's nothing...... I...... It's okay. His face, which was already a little bloody, turned even redder.

Xue Wenlong stood there woodenly, not knowing what to do.

Outside the window, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at the scene of the two, turned around resolutely, wiped away the tears from the corners of their eyes, squeezed out a smile, and walked towards their room. It is difficult to recover when covered with water, and life cannot be disobeyed.

Outside Yanghe Fort, a caravan hesitated forward under the scorching sun, and Wu Shishi, who was riding on a horse, straightened his waist and shouted at his subordinates to maintain the formation, and a flame burned in his chest. This may be the last time the caravan travels, but he has no regrets about ending the curtain in this way.

An action related to the safety of the border and the situation on the grassland is tied to himself, even if he dies, it is enough!