Chapter 670: Yuan Chao (2)

Kong Sheng was silent, suddenly slapped the case, and reprimanded angrily: "Yuan Chao, you are so bold, you dare to slander the government, and vainly say that the gentry interfere in politics and control the place, what crime should you be guilty of?!" ”

Yuan Chao raised his eyebrows, and said awe-inspiringly: "What the villain said is true, and he will never dare to criticize and slander the government. In the thirteen states south of the Yangtze River, even a three-year-old naughty boy knows the harm of the gentry clan controlling the place. Yuan is a puppet, from a humble background, he has suffered greatly over the years, and he has long put his personal life and death aside, and his words have been exported and will never be taken back, but he will be disposed of by the king of the county! ”

Yuan Chao's expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and he slowly took off his clothes and knelt down: "The wealthy families have encroached on public land and the private property of the people, and this wind has spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River. If the county king and the court still turn a deaf ear to this, Yuan expects that there will be troubles in the future, and please think twice! ”

Kong Sheng fell silent again. In fact, he knew that what Yuan Chao said was not an exaggeration at all, because the uprising of Yuan Chao and others in history was at this point in time, and the vigorous uprising of hundreds of thousands of people swept across the entire Jiangnan and Shannan, if it were not for the elite of the official army led by Li Guangbi, a famous general of Zhongxing, if it were not for the fact that the rebel army of Yuan Chao and others was an untrained rabble, I am afraid that this riot-chaos-turmoil-turmoil caused by land annexation and resistance to taxation would last for a long time, and even shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule.

"Yuan Chao, in your opinion, how should this king get rid of this malpractice?" Kong Sheng's expression was calm and said lightly.

Yuan Chao stood up with an awe-inspiring expression: "If the county king really has the heart to eliminate maladministration, the only way is to reduce taxes and return land to the people." Only by recovering all the people's land and government land that the gentry had encroached upon, and at the same time reducing taxes and reducing the burden on the people, will it be possible to return a sunny day to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"But, please forgive the villain, if the king of the county wants to be the master of the people, he is bound to be the enemy of the wealthy families in Jiangnan, and it is a matter of fundamental interests of all ethnic groups, and no one will give in. Even if the king of the county is in charge of Jiangnan, it is very difficult and almost difficult to really return the land to the people. Yuan Chao said word by word.

The corners of Kong Sheng's mouth flickered: "Yuan Chao, how do you know that this king can't do it?" ”

Yuan Chao smiled and didn't say anything.

Kong Sheng got up slowly, and his voice suddenly rose an octave: "Yuan Chao, this king intends to transfer some manpower from the various offices of Jiangnan Prefecture to form a division to eliminate land malpractice, and cooperate with Shenlongwei to promote the return of land to the people in the thirteen states of Jiangnan, are you willing to stay and help this king do things?" ”

Yuan Chao's shoulders trembled, and some kind of shock flashed in his eyes: "Is this true? ”

Kong Sheng laughed loudly: "This king never jokes. ”

"Starting from Jiangning County, we will handle case by case, advance place by place, re-register all the people's land and public land that have been encroached upon, return them to the people or return them to the government, and never tolerate the adulterers! This king will arrange for Shenlongwei and this king's Jiangning Iron Cavalry Battalion to cooperate with the Land Division to handle the case and do things, who dares to resist and disobey, and will be severely punished! ”

The corners of Yuan Chao's mouth trembled, his expression became a little red, he settled down, bowed to the ground again and said excitedly: "The order of the king of the county, the villain dare not obey!" Please rest assured, the villain will do his best to complete the mission of the county king! ”

"Yuan Chao, the matter of land reform is very important, and it is far from enough to count on the power of the government, and it is necessary to mobilize the power of the people. You have to remember that standing behind you are not only the king and the Shenlongwei and the Jiangning Iron Cavalry Battalion, but also hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

The brilliance in Kong Sheng's eyes became more and more abundant, and the corners of his mouth pouted with a meaningful arc. Yuan Chao looked excited, and bowed down: "The villain obeys!" ”

Kong Sheng transferred thirteen cadres from his own Xuanfu Yamen, Jiangnan Disposal Yamen, and Jiangning County Shouyamen to take charge of his newly established Department of Eliminating Land Abuse, and appointed Yuan Chao as the lieutenant and chief secretary of the county prince's mansion, and was in charge of the Land Division. Kong Sheng, as the king of the first rank of the county, led the two provinces of Jiangnan and Shannan, and had the right to appoint civil and military officials below the sixth rank in the county system, which was a privilege granted by the emperor in the secret edict at that time. Of course, after that, Kong Sheng also had to go to the Ministry of Clerks and the Imperial Court to confirm the record.

Yuan Chao was just a humble official in Taizhou, but now he has suddenly become a six-rank official, and he is also in charge of the land reform department, so he is naturally excited and full of energy.

Yuan Chao is experienced in doing things and has a calm personality, he is a small official of the government, he is familiar with the rules of the official government, and he knows that this kind of land reform that stirs the interests of the entire Jiangnan wealthy family, and he is not in a hurry, and he deeply feels Kong Sheng's trust, and he feels that he is under great pressure, and he is naturally cautious and cautious in doing things.

Yuan Chao knows better than anyone that in order to promote the land reform led by Kong Sheng in the entire south of the Yangtze River and achieve the goal of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" and the people's livelihood and well-being in the world, Jiangning County must be taken. And if you want to take Jiangning County, you must take down the Xue family and other eight Jiangning clans.

The Land Reform Division was the first to attack the Xue family. At the beginning, the Xue family resisted prevarication in every possible way, and jumped up and down in tandem with the gentry and even the government backstage in the city, but this matter was led by Kong Sheng, and Shenlongwei law enforcement was ruthless, according to the land and property roster re-approved and registered by Yuan Chao's Land Reform Division, and used strong means to take it back, unless the Xue family wanted to rise up and openly rebel, otherwise it was helpless.

The Land Reform Division and Shenlongwei opened their doors to the Xue family, and finally woke up many local tyrants and inferior gentry who were watching. When the Land Reform Division and Shenlongwei attacked the second Hu family, it caused local riots and resistance in the Hu family. Hu Bin, the head of the Hu family, led 300 slaves and tenants to gather outside the grange to resist the law enforcement by the Land Reform Division and Shenlongwei.

Morning. A round of red sun hangs high above the gate tower of Jiangning County, in early summer, the temperature in the south of the Yangtze River gradually rises, and there is already a little dry heat.

Kong Sheng was dressed in a thin green shirt and a scholar, and only took Wu Xian and Wu Xie and three fast horses to gallop out of the East City Gate and go down to Zhong Mountain.

Halfway through, there was a sudden sound of galloping horses' hooves behind him. Kong Sheng frowned slightly, then stopped the horse, looked back, and saw more than ten horses flying like cyan lightning, and at a glance it was the people and horses of Shenlong Wei Jiangnan Zhenfusi.

Kong Sheng had already recognized that the leader was none other than Shenlong Wei Jiangnan Zhenfu Si Luo Yong, the captain of Shenlong Guard. Lin Er was also a soldier in the Xiayi army in the past, and accompanied Kong Sheng to the south and north to pacify Luoyang.

Lin Er immediately settled down, bowed down and said respectfully: "The king of the county, my subordinates are here to pass the order of General Luo. ”

Kong Sheng smiled: "Lin Er, what's the matter?" Speak. ”

Lin Er was stunned, his expression suddenly became excited, he never thought that he was a humble little person, the unpopular captain of the Shenlong Guard, who was actually recognized and remembered by the county king.

"The king of the county, something happened, the Hu family gathered three hundred families and tenants, and surrounded the Shenlongwei and the Land Reform Division with weapons to recover the land property according to the law, General Luo did not dare to be arbitrary, and specially ordered the villain to report to the county king!" Because of his excitement, Lin Er's voice trembled a little.

Kong Sheng's brows furrowed and he fell silent.

After a long time, he looked up at Lin Er, waved his hand, and said: "Tell Luo Yong, deal with it according to the law, if anyone dares to resist law enforcement, then, all will be severely punished!" In addition, with the token of this king, he ordered all the Jiangning Iron Cavalry Battalion to dispatch, if Hu Jiaxiao gathered to rebel, there would be no forgiveness! ”

The murderous intent in Kong Sheng's voice was overflowing.

"Subordinates obey!" Lin Er gritted his teeth and bowed down again to take the order.

Kong Sheng looked at the back of Lin Er's more than ten horsemen riding dragon guards galloping back on the horse, and the corners of his mouth flashed a trace of coldness. "Fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" will definitely cause a fierce backlash, which is inevitable, and the Hu family's resistance has long been expected by Kong Sheng.

This is not a child's house, but a real effort to dig up the meat of a wealthy family. A gentle drizzle will not solve the problem, and only an iron fist and ruthless actions can deter everyone. Since the Hu family stood up to be the first bird this time, they beat him!

Li Biao and Li Hu led five hundred Jiangning iron horsemen out of the city, and the spears in their hands stood like rain, murderously surrounding the Hu family's grange. Coupled with the more than 100 Shenlong guards who are like a forest, the power can be imagined. Whether it is Li Biao and Li Hu's cavalry, or the Shenlongwei soldiers, these are all the elite of the elite of the Shence Forbidden Army, all of them are one as ten, brave and fierce, with this strong military force, not to mention the hundreds of servants of the Hu family, even the Jiangnan Army under Yang Qi dispatched two or three thousand people, and they couldn't stop their impact and siege at all.

After several servants of the Hu family rushed up to try to attack and were killed by Li Biao's cavalry with a shot through the throat, the Hu family was frightened and surrendered, Hu Bin, the head of the Hu family, turned pale as dirt, held his own field high, walked out of the grange step by step, knelt down in front of Luo Yong's horse with a puff, and wailed in his mouth: "General Luo spare his life!" Our Hu family is willing to hand over the property, please General Luo let the Hu family go full of children! ”

Hu Bin didn't dare to resist anymore. Only then did he realize that Kong Sheng was completely serious, not to scare anyone, let alone let anyone go. What happened to the Hu family is just a portrayal of many Jiangning magnates in the future, since there is no one in Jiangning magnates to help the Hu family, how dare he confront the Jiangning county king who represents the Jiangnan government? If you continue to resist, it will be no different from rebellion. Don't say that the land property can't be saved, even the entire Hu family may be wiped out by the sound of the hooves of the iron cavalry in Jiangning. He had no doubt about the ruthlessness of Li Biao and Li Hu's group of county princes' palace guards.

Luo Yong sneered, waved his hand and said, "The head of the Hu family, resisting the law enforcement of the yamen and the Shenlong Guard, and gathering to besiege has already constituted a rebellion. But this general reads that the Hu family has always been law-abiding, not for himself, today's events, as if it never happened, if there is a next time, do not blame the Tang Dynasty law ruthless! ”

"Come on, take over the Hu family grange, Yuan Zhu Bo, please quickly take someone to clean up the Hu family farm, register it, and then return it to the bitter master who responded to the lawsuit!"

Yuan Chao bowed slightly, took the men and horses of his Land Reform Division into the Hujia Grange, and began to do things. In fact, before making a move on the Hu family, Yuan Chao had already led people to dig out the old volumes of the yamen, and worked overtime to clean up a detail. It is clear at a glance which ones are the inherent land of the Hu family and the industrial land that was legally obtained, and which ones were encroached upon by the Hu family through various illegal activities.

Just when Yuan Chao's Land Reform Division and Shenlongwei were in full swing in Hujia Grange, Kong Sheng rushed to the southern foot of Zhongshan and turned over and dismounted outside a grass hut at the foot of the mountain.

In the small courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences, a simple desk table was set up on the green grass in this grass house, and a forty-year-old man in a peasant cloth was behind him, frowning and silent as he examined the wreckage on the desk.

This person's eyebrows and eyes are clear, his face is white, his black hair is tied at the back of his head at will, and he is not even tied up with his usual head, and the whole person is lazily assisted there, looking casual and free, and blending in with the quiet mountains and forests around him.

Wu Xian was just about to speak, but Kong Sheng grabbed his arm and signaled not to speak falsely.

Kong Sheng approached slowly, lightly buckled the bamboo fence, and bowed his hand: "Sir, it's polite!" ”

The man slowly looked up at Kong Sheng, and his voice was loose and lazy: "In the next mountain people, living in seclusion in the mountains, I don't know why the son came to my cottage?" ”

Kong Sheng smiled: "In Xia Kong Sheng, Mr. Jiuwen's name is here, and I came to visit today." ”

The man didn't seem to be moved, nor did he pretend, he just got up and hurriedly returned the salute, and said indifferently: "It turned out to be the king of Jiangning County, who is famous all over the world, how noble is the king of the county, come to my cottage, how dare the mountain people?" It is said that when the king of the county visits, the mountain people can't help but know how to lift, but the mountain people live in poverty and have nothing to entertain, so they also ask the county king to return! ”

This man knew Kong Sheng's identity, and he wanted to give Kong Sheng a closed door, which made Wu Xian furious. Wu Xian was about to have a seizure, but was grabbed by his brother Wu Xie and dragged back. Wu Xie snorted at Kong Sheng and signaled Wu Xian not to be reckless.

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