"Lin Zhongyi? Isn't it Lin Xiu? Qi'er's acquaintance mentioned it to me before! Zhang Ji looked carefully, a black-armored young general with several relatives stopped at the foot of the county government steps, and when Chen Ke appeared, the black-armored young general jumped up the steps, and Chen Ke immediately reached out and wrapped his hands, this close-knit appearance made Zhang Ji want to vomit disgustingly.

Zhang Ji thought for a moment and said, "Qi'er hasn't come back from it yet?" ”

"Nope!"

"In this way, you sent someone to the county guard mansion to find out why this Lin Zhongyi came? If it is a need for grain and grass equipment, this commander is a member of the Licheng army, and naturally wants to express to his colleagues on behalf of Qi'er, if it is because of the money, he will directly send it to them with three times the amount, so that he Lin Zhongyi understands that in this Li City, it is the heaven of the Zhang family, not the corrupt literati of Chen Ke! ”

"My subordinates understand!" After the pro-soldiers were ordered, Zhang Ji left on horseback.

"The last general, Lin Xiu, knocks to see your lord!"

In the court of the county government, Lin Xiu bowed down, Rao is Chen Ke hurriedly bowed, and put his arms around Lin Xiu: "General Lin Xiao, you are a rising star in Northern Xinjiang, and the Northern Barbarian War really impressed the official!" ”

Saying that, Chen Ke praised the officials around him: "Look, the students who go out of our Licheng Shengde Academy are not ordinary, Wen can chant poems against him, and Wu can kill the enemy immediately, which is really admirable... Come, take your seats! ”

In the face of Chen Ke's enthusiasm, Lin Xiu was respectful, but also hid his eyes, and when he sat down, Lin Xiu said bluntly: "Lord Chen, although the last general has the name of a bachelor of the country, he can take the path of a rough soldier, so he doesn't know how to speak..."

"Why does General Lin need to laugh at himself like this!" Chen Ke looked around in front of him, Ge Bai and several other county officials all got up to echo, Lin Xiu smiled, clenched his fists and got up, and took a step back: "Since the adult said so, then the last general said bluntly, where the last general came, there is a request for the adult!" ”

"Well said, well said!" Chen Ke did not hesitate at all: "But what the official can do, the official has absolutely no intention of shirking!" ”

"At the end of the general, more than a thousand soldiers were transferred north to Linshui according to the order, and there are more than 900 miles away from Linshui, so I want the adults to provide some food and grass, clothing and equipment... Just in case you need it on the road! ”

"No problem!" Chen Ke was decisive and loud, he put down the wine cup, and said to Ge Bai: "You immediately inform the treasurer, let him transfer ten carts of grain and grass from the granary, two hundred sets of armor, two swords and guns, crossbows, arrows, and feather arrows, all of which will be sent to General Lin!" ”

Hearing this order, Ge Bai hesitated slightly, as if he had a sense of pain, although his expression changed very little, but Lin Xiu still saw it in his eyes, he first thanked Chen Ke for his atmosphere, and then said: "The face of the counselor has changed, is it a little difficult to supply the general?" If yes... The last will retract what he said! ”

"Nope! No! Chen Ke categorically refused: "But to elaborate, General Lin's future journey is a little difficult!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiu knew that the topic was coming, otherwise why was Chen Ke so enthusiastic before? It is nothing more than to benefit oneself and blurt out the matter, he can only respond, and after thinking about it, Lin Xiu thought about the fate of the officials of Beiping County, and said: "My lord has something, you can talk about it!" ”

"General Lin is happy!" Chen Ke clapped his hands and fell on the table: "General Lin Xiao came all the way from the south, what is his impression of northern Xinjiang?" ”

"It seems to be much dilapidated, barren fields, ten rooms and five empty..."

"General Lin Xiao said well, the first battle in northern Xinjiang, although the Great Xia won, but the aftermath is mixed, resulting in a large number of people did not save grain for the winter, even if the official family allocated grain to help, it is not of much use, at present, I Li Cheng east to the east of the Donghu County bandits are rampant, Li Cheng light cavalry battalion years ago transferred with the Qin King to fight in the north, heavy losses, for a time there is not enough manpower to exterminate, and the spring planting season is coming, if not in addition to bandits, even if the spring planting valley is sent, it will be snatched away by those thieves, and these people will still starve to death, Even if they don't starve to death and don't have a harvest, they can't pay the barley tax, and it's not much better! ”

Lin Xiu thought for a moment after hearing this: "My lord, since the last general has come here to ask for some food and grass on the road, and he also knows the difficulties of the adult, of course he will not sit idly by, but the last general... There is one condition! ”

"As long as we can get rid of the bandits, stabilize the situation of the four fields of Licheng, and ensure the implementation of spring planting, General Lin Xiao said that it doesn't matter!"

"Regarding the matter of spring planting, I would like to give a word or two to my lord! If you want to make the differentiation of the barley tax system effective, in addition to sowing grain seeds, you should also give some life rations, of course, not unconditionally, adults can be like the rental system in the Jianghuai area, give these people some grain mortgages, so that they have the capital to spend the current period, and when the spring harvest comes, let them pay back, how about? ”

Chen Ke immediately hesitated, the situation in northern Xinjiang is different from that in the south, the rental system has also been implemented in northern Xinjiang, but the real estate in northern Xinjiang is low, and many times it is impossible to make ends meet, seeing Chen Ke hesitate, Lin Xiu got up: "My lord, this is also a way in the middle of the road, otherwise the end will help you get rid of the bandits in Donghu County, walk on the front foot, and the thieves in Beiping County on the back foot?" In such a vicious circle, I am afraid that by the end of spring and autumn, adults will not be able to harvest a grain of grain..."

This remark really hit Chen Ke instantly, and Ge Bai also thought about it carefully, and said in a casual voice: "My lord, the current situation is different from the past, maybe it can be flexible, as long as the fields are restored, the counties and townships are stable, and there will be at least two guards by the end of the year, which should be enough for the collection of the barley tax system..."

"My lord, the counselor is right, the situation is not usual, and it needs to be changed!"

For a while, other officials agreed, and Chen Ke finally relented: "Okay, in addition to the implementation of the barley tax system of 55 points, and then the rental system will be delegated, so let's draw one out of five!" ”

At this point, Lin Xiu solved the request of Bao Tong and others to ask for grain and sow seeds, and then he stayed in the capital government for a while, and left the capital government on the grounds that it was urgent to suppress the bandits.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Marching Capital Battalion Envoy's Residence.

Zhang Ji was sitting in the study, and on the table in front of him was the letter sent back by Zhang Qi.

After the Lei Zhu case was repeatedly lifted out that day, as the courtiers of Zhongshu, Taifu and other central classes were involved one after another, the courtiers of the two lines of King Yan and King Qi have been convicted and imprisoned, and it is unknown that they died in vain.