readx; "Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said: Lu Xiangsheng is the title of secretary of the military department, and the prime minister Jiangbei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang, Sichuan and the military affairs of the four prefectures of Zhending, Shunde, Guangping and Daimyo are in charge of raising food and salary. Pen ~ fun ~ Cabinet www.biquge.info all those involved in military affairs, local officials are subject to Lu Xiangsheng's control. If the civil and military officials below the fourth rank refuse to be restrained and affect the overall situation of counterinsurgency, they can cut it first and then play it. Raising grain is changed to borrowing grain, and the specific method is detailed in the attached text. ”

After Li Laiheng finished announcing the decree, Lu Xiangsheng was busy shouting long live, and respectfully accepted the holy decree and the sword above. The rich gentry looked at each other, and the military affairs of Premier Lu Xiangsheng's several provinces did not matter to them, but what exactly did "raising grain to borrow grain" mean, but it was directly related to their vital interests, so they all looked at Lu Xiangsheng with blank eyes.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly read the attached text behind the holy decree, was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile, and exhaled heavily: "Yang Lukai, immediately invite Lord Liu of the prefect to come here to meet!" ”

Yang Lukai immediately went downstairs and went straight to the mansion, and arrived in a moment. At this time, the prefect's yamen had already closed, Yang Lukai slapped a few times and no one answered, and then picked up the drumstick and slammed the drumstick, but no one paid attention to it. Yang Lu Kai was furious, took a few steps back and rushed forward, climbed the courtyard wall at once, and then jumped into the palace.

As soon as I came in, I found that there was no one inside, but at least seven or eight officials, but they deliberately pretended to be stupid and did not open the door. These people didn't know Yang Lukai either, and as soon as they saw him descending from the sky, they immediately shouted and scolded each holding water and fire sticks. However, they were unlucky to meet Yang Lukai today, he had been trained on the battlefield of thousands of troops and horses, flesh and blood, and he still cared about these officials? In less than half a minute, all these servants were laid down on the ground by him.

The prefect Liu Yangcui was actually in the second hall, and when he heard the sound, he rushed to see Yang Lukai so brave, his face turned pale with fright, but he still held the official frame and said in a trembling voice: "You... You are bold! Even if you are a general under the account of Governor Lu, you can't be wild in Guangping Mansion! ”

Yang Lukai sneered, made a "please" gesture and said: "Your Excellency, our Governor Lu has just received the holy decree, and now he is the secretary of the military department and the prime minister, and the military affairs of the five provinces and four governments, which happens to include yours. Now that your Excellency has an order, you will immediately ask the prefect to come over to discuss the matter. How do you know that your yamen is also deep, and you can't hear the drums, and you can't do it, so you have to climb over the wall and enter. Otherwise, if you delay the important matter of Lord Shangshu, not only the last general, but I'm afraid the prefect can't afford to bear it, right? ”

Liu Yangcui heard that he was struck by lightning, and thought that this time he could be regarded as committing a crime in the hands of Lu Xiangsheng. I just said that Lu Xiangsheng couldn't control his Dongping Mansion, but now he is not only promoted, but also the military affairs of the five provinces and four governments of the prime minister, not to mention that he is a prefect, that is, the governor and the governor, and he still has to obey orders obediently. In desperation, he had to follow Yang Lukai to the Drunken Immortal Tower nervously, and he didn't even dare to sit in a sedan chair.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Liu Yangcui going upstairs, he was polite first, and then invited him to sit down. However, Liu Yangcui can't be angry now, he sits next to Lu Xiangsheng like a pins and needles, although there is good wine and food, how can he swallow it?

When Lu Xiangsheng saw it, he went straight to the point, and smiled at everyone and said, "The official has just received the holy decree. In terms of will, it has always been very inappropriate for officials and soldiers to fight and ask rich families to help pay wherever they go. No matter how much money and food there is, it is always private property, and the court should not take possession of it without compensation. Therefore, the Holy One asked the officials to immediately stop collecting food. ”

Everyone never expected that the emperor would give this order, and they couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and praised the son of today as the emperor of the ages, and all kinds of beautiful words were simply numb.

Lu Xiangsheng watched coldly, and waited for everyone to praise it without words, before he smiled and said, "The official's words are not finished yet." It also said that although it was not possible to raise food free of charge, it could be borrowed instead. The specific method is as follows: the official writes an IOU with the borrower, indicating how much grain he has borrowed. The IOU shall be in quadruplicate, one copy shall be kept by the official and the borrower, one copy shall be kept by the local government, and one copy shall be handed back to the household department for archiving. The court relied on the receipts to repay the money and grain, and four IOUs had to corroborate each other. And the imperial court does not borrow grain in vain, and has to pay half of the interest every year. Now that the food and salary of the imperial court are extremely tight, and the matter is urgent, this official must borrow it, and I hope you will support it! ”

After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng called Yang Lukai and whispered a few words to him. Yang Lukai immediately took the order and left, and soon after, the five hundred Tianxiong army drove into the city and waited downstairs. Lu Xiangsheng said to the first rich gentleman on the right: "Let's start with the old gentleman!" Now there is no need for money for the time being, there is no limit to how much food you have in your house, and the official only borrows half of it, and asks the old gentleman to lead the way for the sergeant. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize, and they were immediately stupid on the spot, thinking that where is this "borrowing", it is clearly "robbing"! In the past, when raising grain, it was necessary to negotiate a certain amount, and how much the affordability of the rich households was considered; Now it's okay, just pull half of it! It is said that the interest is paid every year, but if the court cheats and does not even repay the principal, wouldn't the IOU be a piece of waste paper?

But Lu Xiangsheng has the holy decree and the sword above in his hand, and the five hundred heavenly heroes downstairs are eyeing him, who dares to say half a word? The rich gentleman had to lead Yang Lukai and other sergeants back to the house, and about half a moment, Yang Lukai led the man back and said loudly to Lu Xiangsheng: "Lord Qiyu Shangshu, after counting, Zhangfu ** has 720 stones of grain in stock, and he should borrow 360 stones, and the sergeant has already begun to carry it!" ”

"Good." Lu Xiangsheng smiled gently at the man, "The old gentleman generously lent the military rations, and the officers and soldiers of this official thank you the old gentleman!" Now I will write an IOU for you. ”

As he spoke, he ordered someone to remove the remnants of the table, prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and write down four identical IOUs with a brush, and wrote: "On the ninth day of the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, in order to quell the rebellion, I borrowed 360 stones of grain from Zhang Yongnian of Guangping Mansion. Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng of Military Affairs of Five Provinces and Four Governments. His personal seal was also used in the back.

After finishing writing, he pushed it in front of the man's eyes and said, "Old man, please sign and confirm!" ”

As soon as the man thought that the food had been pulled away, he couldn't sign it, so he had to bow his head and sign it. Lu Xiangsheng immediately gave one to the man, one to the prefect Liu Yangcui, and asked the Chinese army to put away two copies, and ordered that after the grain was borrowed tonight, one of them would be sent back to Beijing immediately.

The head has been opened, and it is useless for the people behind to shirk it, so they have to "borrow" food one after another. Just now, they were crying poor, saying that there was not much food in the house at all, but after the actual inventory, each family had at least a few hundred stones of grain in storage. Lu Xiangsheng borrowed nearly 10,000 stone of grain from less than twenty wealthy gentry alone!

By the time all the IOUs were written, it was three o'clock in the night. Lu Xiangsheng said goodbye to everyone, and everyone had the heart to die at this time, and they were coaxing to leave the stairs like a mourner.

Li Laiheng has been watching coldly, and only then did he smile happily: "Lord Shangshu, this holy decree of the Holy Lord has come in time enough, right?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng liked Li Laiheng's frankness, but he didn't laugh, but said worriedly: "Although it solves the urgent need, but the saint's move has offended the rich gentry in the world!" ”