Chapter 514: The Politics of Henan Niu Yan

Since Li Meng entered the officialdom, his study of this etiquette is so-so, at the beginning, there was Liu Fulai's big backer, he only needed to pay money, take care of his own development, and naturally his uncle helped to deal with all aspects of the relationship. Later, he was a high-ranking and powerful military leader, and he didn't have to be polite to others, so he was very careless about the most important etiquette in the officialdom.

As soon as Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, entered the house, he bowed respectfully three times and bowed nine times, compared with the etiquette of meeting the emperor, and he was almost shouting long live.

However, this pretentiousness is flattering to the blind, completely useless, Li Meng really doesn't understand the meaning of this, his appreciation of Li Xianfeng is based on his ability and decisive appreciation, not etiquette or not.

Yuan Wenhong, the master of the Jiaozhou battalion standing on the side, saw the difference, and was shocked at first, thinking that it was a transgressive etiquette to my family's handsome, isn't this harmful to my family's handsome, and he thought about it for a moment, but he was also calm in his heart, this is a matter of course, but it is just a morning and a late line.

"Why bother with so many courtesies, sit down and talk!"

Li Meng greeted with a smile, stepped forward to help Henan Governor Li Xianfeng up, and was a little polite to people of this level, Li Xianfeng was really frightened by Li Meng's kind face, and he didn't even dare to say it, which made half of his ass twist and squirm on the side of the seat.

"The whole territory of Henan is ...... That recovery is imminent, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, Governor Li, the responsibility on your shoulders is very heavy! ”

Li Xianfeng and Yuan Wenhong and even the soldiers in the tent heard this stumbling in Li Meng's words, everyone didn't understand why, and it was over, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng's mind was finally settled at this time, because Li Meng's tone of conversation with him was already a complete dialogue between the top and bottom, which was equivalent to officially accepting him into the system of the Jiaozhou battalion.

Li Meng, who was born in the People's Liberation Army, was quite disgusted by the word "liberation", liberation is the most appropriate word, but the word liberation is not appropriate here.

When the system of the Jiaozhou battalion is determined, especially after Henan is ready to sell the land to the rich families in various places, their life is probably much more painful than that under the rule of the Shun army, they have no freedom, they become tenants dependent on the landlords, and they can only be said to be alive because of their hard work.

But they now have no right to rebel, and after the situation is stabilized, the Jiaozhou battalion will not retain more than 30,000 field troops in Henan, but these 30,000 will be enough to extinguish any resistance when combined with the system of tuntiangzhuang.

From the perspective of a purely bystander, Li Meng's worries are really superfluous, in the peaceful season, in order to ensure production, especially after many people have seen the kind of production method of Jiaozhou Yingtun Tianzhuang, they will not be too ruthless to their tenant farmers, a strong and healthy labor willing to work actively is the one who will benefit him the most.

In the frequent natural disasters, the court inexplicably harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are spread down, and the local officials want to take the opportunity to make a fortune, and the ordinary people and peasants do not even have the right to live and live like dogs.

For thousands of years in China, China's peasants are the most destructive group of people, every change of dynasty, almost all of them are related to the peasant uprising, but China's peasants are also the most docile people, as long as they can live, let them live smoothly, they will endure oppression, hardship and hard work.

Li Meng would not understand their mentality, so it is not an exaggeration to make such a judgment.

"The responsibility on his shoulders is very heavy" Although the words are plain, Li Xianfeng still accurately heard the meaning, even if he was born as a scholar and experienced in various positions, it can be regarded as a high-ranking qi cultivation kung fu, or he trembled slightly with excitement, he wanted to bow his head to cover it up, but it was wrong to think about it.

At this time, he didn't care about the demeanor of a scribe, he was upright, and he hurriedly left his seat, kowtowed again and again to thank him, his mouth changed a little tone, and he opened his mouth to thank:

"The great grace of the country, even if you can't repay your humble duties, you must do your best and be loyal to the country!"

This time he kowtowed, Li Meng didn't step forward to help him, but just signaled to Yuan Wenhong on the side, let his master book step forward to help, and sat on the seat and said with a smile:

"Broken bones or something, do something for me, then it's done, get up!"

Li Xianfeng sat there with excitement on his face, but saw Li Meng's expression a little dull, at this time, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, was suffering from gains and losses, but he heard Li Meng speak:

"Before the first month of next year, almost the entire territory of Henan can be wiped out of the remnants of the enemy, and the prefectures, counties, and capitals everywhere will be recovered, and when Li Chuang is located, the officials and gentry will naturally run and die, and now it will not work if there is no one to take care of it, you have to come up with a way here."

Hearing Li Meng's words, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, paused slightly, obviously considering Li Meng's question, and replied:

"Lord Guogong, Kaifeng City has almost one-third of the officials in Henan Province or even more, they all fled in when the thieves were raging, they are native to their hometown, familiar with the local situation, let them go back, but they can quickly clean up the situation!"

Li Meng's face has not changed, but Li Xianfeng has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he is a master of observing words and expressions, and he can see that Qi Guogong is not happy with his suggestion, Li Xianfeng of course also understands why the other party's face sank, these officials in Kaifeng City are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and in this Kaifeng City, they naturally have to be loyal to the Jiaozhou camp, but if they are put in the place, then the Tiangao Emperor is far from being able to control it.

And everyone has been working hard in Kaifeng City for several years, and they are all short of money, as long as they return to the locality, they must not make a big profit, and then stir up chaos among the people.

However, Li Xianfeng was not panicked, he still had nothing to say, he continued calmly:

"Dashuai, Kaifeng City and the surrounding three counties, Tuntian Grange has a certain scale, and characters from all over Shandong and Henan are learning from it.

Speaking of this, Li Meng nodded, Kaifeng and the Tuntian Grange in Shandong are now seriously overstaffed, and the income and expenditure account offices and the book office are all seriously overstaffed, in fact, it is to take over the cultivation of talents in various places in the future, what Li Xianfeng said is secretly in line with Li Meng's thoughts.

This is not a coincidence, Li Xianfeng and other figures, want to take refuge in this new force, and want to open up a world in this new force, they must ponder in detail about the Jiaozhou camp and Li Meng's policies, of course, the more they ponder, the more shocked, the politics of Tuntian Grange are extraordinary.

Not only stabilized the situation, gathered the displaced people, but also relied on collectivized production to increase production to provide military rations, this grange not only produced grain, but also produced people, and the hundred battle lions of the Jiaozhou battalion were trained in these granges, and they could also maintain local law and order.

Last year, Tuntian Grange suddenly overrecruited local scholars and literate civilians, and many people thought that this was just Li Dashuai's mind in the Jiaozhou battalion in order to appease the Shilin in the territory, and it could be regarded as a reward for the Yandang and Lai parties who had always supported him, but Li Xianfeng decided a few tastes.

This is the Qi Guogong in order to occupy a larger territory in the future when the training of officials, a set of Ming preparations to abandon, but to use the Shandong method to transform, want to transform it must need a large number of familiar with the business personnel, in advance in the grange for training, this is a rainy day.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Tuntian Grange outside Kaifeng City and the three counties, the "masters" in Kaifeng City were quite ridiculed, because the organization was too bloated, and often one person could do something, but also to fill in seven or eight deputies, and there was no division of labor, and every time they did it, they had to do it together.

This Shandong buying people's hearts is also too clumsy, but it makes people see the clumsiness of his Jiaozhou camp, but Li Xianfeng understands it.

This is also where Li Xianfeng is confused about Shandong, he obviously has the intention of controlling Quanyu, why did the army delay in acting, of course, now everything is revealed.

"Most of the defenders in various places died in battle, and most of these officials who fled to the city were idle and so on, so let them go back this time, why don't they send a message in the name of Guogong to seal these people in Kaifeng City from all over the country as their main posts, and then the Guogong Lord will send out those candidates in the Grange."

Li Meng's face was already smiling, it can be seen that Li Xianfeng's response is very satisfactory, of course, this is indeed a completely pertinent policy, Li Xianfeng saw Li Meng's expression, and was even more calm, and continued:

"Lord Guogong, although the people of the Tuntian system are capable members, they can be familiar with the local gentry, and it will take time, if there is something wrong during this period, it is all the fault of the main position, and they have less to do, and when they adapt to this process, the term of office of those idle posts is almost up, and then it will be good to replace the Guogong's own people."

"You are thoughtful, fairy wind, you have to be prepared, the burden on your body will be heavier in the future."

This time he didn't call him by his official name, but kindly omitted the previous surname, and Li Xianfeng had to leave his seat again and kowtow to thank him, Li Meng now really appreciates this Li Xianfeng, and this proposal has solved many problems, including the identity of those who were sent down.

Those people are idle and inferior officials, and if they want to take up the main position, someone obviously has to appoint them, and this order naturally has to be promulgated and issued by Li Menglai, so that these officials of the Ming court have become the officials of his Qi Guogong, without Li Meng's order, these people can't do the position of the main position, without Li Meng, their official positions have become illegal, and at this time, the two sides suddenly became a unity of honor and disgrace.

This is really a big problem, after talking about it in the military tent for so long, Li Meng's interest is getting higher and higher, since this Li Xianfeng has such a high opinion, then there are still some things to ask him.

"Xianfeng, the land sale brochure sent by Xiangcheng some time ago, can you read it, tell me what you think?"

After the draft of the "Xiangcheng Policy" was decided, it was directly sent to the qualified adults in the Jiaozhou battalion system, and Li Xianfeng was also one of them, since he had seen it, he must have his own ideas, and when he heard Li Meng ask, he hurriedly said:

"The plan of the Lord Guogong to sell the land is really wonderful, which is tantamount to calming the minds of the gentry in the world, serving the marshal as the master, and trying his best to be loyal."

"Don't boast, tell me what you think."

Li Meng was simply sharp, Li Xianfeng laughed with him, and then said:

"Don't blame the country, the lowly family has a lot of land, and he also has some experience in the field, and the sale of land is a clever trick, but the silver from selling the land is a profit, and after the sale, the production of the field is taxed, and this income is also collected, from the beginning of the apocalypse, the local people with more than 100 acres can no longer collect the silver, because they all have merit and fame, and they do not need to pay according to the rules."

This is one of the famous evils of the Ming Dynasty, every time the levy and miscellaneous taxes, the rich are often affected less, and in the end it is all on the common people, normal taxes, and because of the policy of fame and tax exemption can not be collected, if it is not for the several emperors in front of Chongzhen to endure the infamy and send eunuchs to collect money, the central government has almost no silver available. Li Xianfeng continued:

"The marshal in Shandong to eliminate the accumulation of evil, the gentry in one body to pay money and grain, such a good governance theory applied to Shandong, all the gentry from other places to buy land in Henan, should follow the system of our Tun Tianzhuang, and by a special person to manage the talent, the marshal in the grange to train talents, sent to the counties should be responsible for this position."

Yuan Wenhong, the master of the Jiaozhou camp, sat aside to record, but in his heart he was admiring, it turned out that he disdained officialdom in Jining Prefecture, and he looked down on the people in the officialdom every day, thinking that the other party was nothing more than greedy for ink, but since he entered Li Meng's shogunate and dealt with these people, he knew that he was in this position, and he did have a reason.

What Li Xianfeng said almost complemented the Xiangcheng strategy he proposed, and made his role more huge and deeper, which is indeed great material, and Li Xianfeng's statement continues:

"It is appropriate for all private farms to pay money and grain, and the young and strong laborers in their estates should also be organized and trained by the government, and these township groups and people should not be in the hands of private individuals, but should be under the control of the government, which is also the need for long-term peace and stability in the locality, in addition, the land sale should not be too small, and three or four people in a county are enough, if it is too fragmented, it is inconvenient to manage."

Here is another sensitive issue, Li Xianfeng looked at Li Meng's face and continued:

"Ming suffered from land annexation, but the land of Henan, the place is dilapidated, the people are scarce, and the government of Shandong Tuntian is a combination of people's cooperation, Henan is in such a situation, if it is scattered, it is impossible to concentrate forces, not to mention that there are not many talents cultivated in the grange, and it is impossible to keep up for a while."

Listening to Li Xianfeng's endless talk, the overall plan of Xiangcheng Policy was more complete, and Li Meng said in a deep voice:

"Record the order of this father, the young people in Henan who are willing to work for the Jiaozhou camp, whether they have merit or not, can read and write, under the age of forty, sign up in Kaifeng, first go to Shandong, Lianghuai and Beizhili to experience the grange, and then have their own appointments."

After finishing speaking, Li Meng said with a smile:

"There are a lot of maladministrations in the Ming court, but being an official in this different place is a real way, and this duke still has to use it, Governor Li, there are many talents in Henan, but let it be all in my place!"

This is a joke from Tang Taizong Li Shimin's "All the heroes of the world are in my place", and it can be regarded as Li Meng's reading of books and history, everyone laughed along, Li Xianfeng can talk about so many important things in the handsome tent, it can be said that it is far beyond his expectations before he came here.

Next, Li Meng encouraged him to make a good reserve for the newly established Central Plains Army, speed up the construction of the local Shangtun Tianzhuang, and let more people work for Shandong.

When the political envoy of Henan comes in, there will not be so many words, the political envoy of Henan is a diligent person, and then he knows the wait-and-see style, this time the judgment is accurate, and the left political participation is on the same side as Li Xianfeng, and this time he can do this, completely relying on Li Xianfeng's mention.

Such a character doesn't need Li Meng to spend too much effort, just a few words of encouragement, and there is not much to say, although he is not a special talent, he can be used as Li Xianfeng's deputy and is also qualified.

After meeting these people in the morning, in the afternoon, the patriarch of the two largest families in Kaifeng, a wealthy businessman, also received the order to enter the marshal's account and enter the meeting.

It's not the time to fight, but this fatigue is no worse than fighting, Li Meng also felt a little dizzy at night, the chief bookkeeper Yuan Wenhong asked himself to stay in a room, there is no document for military orders and decrees today, and what Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, said is very reasonable, form a text in Xiangcheng as soon as possible, and send the latest version of the document to the high-ranking officials everywhere.

The charcoal fire was put into the house early, Li Meng was there to look at the proclamation news from all over the Henan side of the Qing Cha Division, and now the heroes of those cottages everywhere are in chaos, some people go to the Ming, and some people are sincere to the Jiaozhou camp, not smart people, the end is definitely not too good, there is no doubt about this.

When he was watching, someone outside the door whispered, and Huang Ping, the commander of the pro-soldiers, hurriedly walked in, and said in a low voice as soon as he entered the room:

"Marshal, a prisoner of war was sent to Xincheng today, saying that he has been shouting to see you since he was captured, and after layers of review, he was sent over today."

Li Meng put down the scroll, looked up and asked:

"Is it He Renlong, Bai Guangen, or Xu Dingguo?"

In his impression, the current valuable captives are these people, the generals of the Ming army are all slippery, and they will definitely come to see after being caught, Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng all died on the battlefield, this has been determined, and the rest of the generals have run back.

Yuan Shizhong picked up a cheap one this time, the general Yuan Zongdi was among the thousands of cavalry, but he happened to be hit by artillery and died on the spot, the news came later, and when several fleeing Shun cavalry came to surrender, everyone knew that there was such a result.

In addition to these people, Li Meng really couldn't think of anyone else who was worth mentioning, Huang Ping shook his head, opened his mouth and said:

"Marshal, the villain invited Mr. Hao Qian to take a look, and said that he was a secretary in the army, Niu Yan, the son of Niu Jinxing, the first thief."

Li Meng let out an "oh", but he didn't expect to meet the old man here, and after a little silence, he said:

"It's indeed an old man, you do this quietly, you have to keep it secret, please come over now."

I didn't expect Li Meng to say so cautiously, Huang Ping hurriedly agreed, turned around and went out, that Niu Yan claimed to be an old acquaintance of the handsome, and the people below naturally would not slack off, that is, in the camp where the soldiers lived, and now they are waiting for news from Huang Ping's side.

Not long after, Niu Yan, who had changed into a cotton robe, came to the place where Li Meng lived surrounded by several pro-soldiers, and when he arrived at the door, Huang Ping asked the pro-soldiers to guard outside the door, and led Niu Ge to the house.

However, his father and son were in a desperate situation that day, and today he was a prisoner, but the opposite side was the same person, and the other party gave a few hundred taels of silver that day, and today he still wanted the other party to help, and Niu Yan was also a person who had seen the world, but at this time he still couldn't help but feel agitated.

Niu Yan knelt down with a crying voice and said:

"Sinners are cows, terrified and landless, see Engong!"

"Except for Huang Ping, everyone else in the house should go down!"

Li Meng said lightly, the pro-soldiers in the house bowed down and retreated, Li Meng nodded, and didn't let Niu get up, but just asked:

"It's been a long time, is your father okay?"

Speaking of Niu Yan is also lucky, after the defeat of the Shun army, there is no time to take care of them as members of the army, Song Xiance is the role of breaking through the rivers and lakes, I don't know where to get a horse, the first to run far, Niu Yan is also afraid of being affected by the chaos in the chaos of the army, and he is also clueless to follow.

As a result, he was also caught by the chasing soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion, imprisoned in the prisoner of war camp, and entered the prisoner of war camp.

Fortunately, Niu Yan still has the wisdom to do so, but he just said that he was the old man of Qi Guogong, but he didn't say who he was, and the news that Niu Yan was taken in by Li Meng and kept by his side is known to a few people.

When Li Meng and the Jiaozhou battalion army boarded the boat at the crossing of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng returned to Xiangyang City with the remnants of the defeated army.

See you in three days, Niu Jinxing is already ten years old, and the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and there is nothing more tragic in the world than this.

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