During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Shandong was strong and strong, the horses were constantly ringing, the folk customs were rough, and there was both the blood and heroism of the northern men, and the folk associations practiced martial arts, so in the days of the famine, they became a headache for the imperial court, and the government was slightly poor, and the uprisings continued, until the Song Dynasty was also like this, and there was a matter of the Song River Water Margin, and then there was a red jacket army to raise troops to hang the people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Last year, Zhao Kui and Yan Tianwu Xingying Prefecture made Yan Tianwu's territory on the road connected with the Great Song Dynasty, and he no longer had to take the sea route. After Yan Tianwu handed over all the taxes of his two states and one government to the Song Dynasty, he was rewarded by the imperial court, the Duke of Beihai County, the envoy of Qingzhou Jiedu, and the envoy of Hedong East Road (according to the old system of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shandong was called Hedong).

Yan Tianwu is in charge of the land of one government and three states, although it occupies most of the Jiaodong Peninsula, it is actually the enemy on the back of the belly, and was attacked by Mongolia and Li Pu, but the people's livelihood has recovered well under the rule, and the most amazing thing is that the Baiyun Palace is the state religion, the customs and folk feelings, and the political system has undergone earth-shaking changes in more than a year, which can be described as bizarre for people from the outside world.

Spring in the north is almost the same as early winter, in the south you can wear two single clothes to keep out the cold, but here you have to put on a cotton jacket, Zhao Zheng's boat got off the boat in Liang Township of Langya Mountain, which belongs to Mizhou. It was from here that Xu Fu Dongdu departed. He didn't choose to be under Jimo in Mizhou, just to avoid the investigation of Jimo City, otherwise there would be no way to explain the firearms on his ship.

He didn't want to alarm Yan Qianwu when he came to Shandong for the time being, he wanted to see what amazing changes had taken place in Shandong, whether it was as reported by the secret guards.

Zhao Zheng brought three hundred Heavenly Dao troops this time, plus the secret guards and some technicians, etc., the team of nearly five hundred people can be described as a vast soup. There is no way, Shandong is a land of war. If a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Zhao Zheng must first ensure his own safety, half a month ago, Zhao Zheng had already sent people to Liangxiang and found a place to stay.

Liang Township is a small market town, these years of war, those who can escape have fled, those who can't escape either can't escape or don't want to flee anymore, Yan Tianwu has only occupied Mizhou for more than a year, naturally it is impossible to infiltrate the power into the township, the people's self-organized township brave regiment has become a trend, basically in a semi-autonomous state.

Zhao Zheng drove lightly, but the horses of those divine horses pulled the carriage, which was still eye-catching. The houses in Liangxiang are not the common wooden houses in the south, and the outside are made of stones as walls as a strong fortress, although the people have vegetable faces, but there are no sighs, complaining people, everyone is as strong as weeds.

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As soon as Zhao Zheng moved his luggage in, there was a knock on the door.

The secret guard Lu Youzhi, Zhao Zheng's current nominal official family, went to open the door to greet him, and saw that there were six big men, led by a scar-faced strong man.

Lu Youzhi said enthusiastically: "Brother Scar, why are you here?" ”

Scarface laughed heartily, and patted Lu Youzhi on the shoulder with his palm, if it weren't for Lu Youzhi's practice, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but think that the scar-faced man would smash Lu Youzhi's shoulder.

"Someone in the town said that they saw three carriages passing by here, and I guessed that your young master was here."

Scarface spoke, Zhao Zheng walked over, and Lu Youzhi hurriedly introduced each other: "This is my young master." ”

"This is the head of the Township Warrior Regiment, Zeng Erliu."

Scarface waved his hand when he heard it: "Just call me Brother Scar, how about I also call you Brother Zhao?" ”

Zhao Zheng smiled and welcomed him into the lobby: "Okay, Zhao is also a straightforward person, Brother Scar doesn't dislike coming in and drinking a few sips of tea." ”

Scarface was not polite, and waved to the brothers behind him, and the five strong men entered the door at the same time, thanking them in their mouths, they really hadn't drunk tea for a long time: "Then thank you Brother Zhao." ”

Zhao Zheng also knew what Scarface was doing this time, and he must have come to find out his details, although he had already asked Lu Youzhi to go up and down the ceremony, saying that he was here to do business. But in this chaotic era, strangers are very wary, although Scarface Silver has been collected, it can be done for some convenience, but this detail must be investigated.

Scarface took a sip of hot tea and sighed sincerely: "Nanfang is really rich, unlike us, where birds don't, it's difficult to even drink hot water." I heard Brother Lu say that Ling Zun was bedridden for a long time, and he relied on Brother Zhao to support the family business, and he was really a young hero. ”

"Brother Scar guards the side, I admire it, I came here to do business, and it all depends on heroes like Brother Scar to maintain local law and order, so that we businessmen can eat."

After speaking, Zhao Zheng motioned to Lu Youzhi, and then a servant brought out a plate of silver.

"These fifteen taels of silver should be regarded as a meeting gift, and I hope that Brother Scar will accept it with a smile."

The scar's face was thick and fine, and when he saw Zhao Zheng sending the silver in such a hurry, he was even more careful in his heart: "Brother Zhao is rich and rich, I don't know what kind of voice he makes?" ”

"Glass and soap."

As soon as Zhao Zheng finished speaking, the people below Scarface exclaimed, this is a famous luxury, and it cannot be enjoyed by non-princes and nobles in the Northland.

And this is Scarface's vigilance is even more serious, and he said tentatively: "The people here are poor, I'm afraid that no one can afford to buy Brother Zhao's things." ”

Zhao Zheng laughed: "There are rich people in poor places, not to mention that I came here to use this place as a transit station and want to go to Zhucheng to sell." The reason why I chose to settle here is also because I have some selfish intentions, wanting to avoid the city of Jimo and pay a large amount of taxes. ”

Zhao Zheng explained, and sure enough, Scarface suddenly realized that Zhao Zheng was bribing himself so much, it turned out that he was planning to smuggle through Liangxiang, and he was really not treacherous.

Scarface was intent on blackmailing at the moment: "Brother Zhao wants to collect and distribute goods in Liangxiang, and I will never say a word about Scarface, but this Liangxiang people are talkative, but I am not the only one staring at you, Brother Zhao." But don't worry, give a hundred and ten times, I'll take care of it for you, and make sure no one informs you. When Scarface said a hundred and ten times, he looked at Zhao Zheng cautiously, thinking that the other party should not be stunned by this price comparison.

The Song Dynasty was rich, and the middle-class families all had thousands of properties, Zhao Zheng was used to dealing with 10,000 characters, and suddenly heard that the other party's extortion was so cold, and he was a little unaccustomed, he was stunned, and Scarface hurriedly reduced the amount when he saw this: "Eighty or ninety is okay, this can not be less, there are many informants in Liangxiang, and it is not a small number to need to block everyone's mouth." ”

"Whistleblowers? Like who whistleblowers? "Liangxiang is basically autonomous, and Zhao Zheng wonders who they are informing.

"Naturally, it's a yamen." Scarface replied as a matter of course.

"That yamen?"

"The yamen of the Yan envoy is now also the yamen of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this: "This official and the people are incompatible, why do they want to go to the informant?" ”

Scarface looked disdainful, as if he was laughing at Zhao Zheng for not seeing the world: "I tell you, this face envoy is different from others, and I don't say to our people that although Liang Township has not sent any serious officials to garrison, he can only give porridge and food in the market town every three days." Don't meddle in civil affairs, what do you say is not a good person. ”

Zhao Zheng was a little surprised: "Does every family need to give porridge?" "I wonder where Yan Qianwu got the financial resources and food.

"How can it, the government divides the local people into five grades according to the rich and poor, the upper class, the upper middle class, the middle class, the lower middle class, and the lower class are only eligible to receive food below the middle class, all of them are orphans and widows, and the men died on the battlefield."

"How is it divided? Will the government secretly accept bribes and then classify those who were originally superior to those who are inferior? "This division standard has been boring for many people in ancient times, and Zhao Zheng wants to know how Yan Tianwu solved it.

"How is that possible! This is our neighbors each raise their hands to vote, our Liang Township only has a difficult standard of 100 households, and they are all neighbors, and they will not give these places to others with a clear conscience. ”

"There are only 100 households." Zhao Zheng pretended to sigh, and seemed to disapprove of Yan Tianwu.

Scarface was a little angry, feeling that the person in front of him was so ignorant, there were more than a hundred households, and one of them was not a dry stare without you before: "A hundred households are a lot, and we also know the difficulties of the government, it is said that those farmers around the county are now planting the land of the government, and the low-class tenants do not collect rent, the middle and lower only receive one percent, the middle and lower ones add one percent, and the upper ones only receive forty percent of the rent." With such a small amount of rent, many farmers went to cultivate the land of the government. ”

Shandong has been in war for a long time, a large area of land is barren and idle, Yan Tianwu took the opportunity to nationalize, leased to the people, can only be implemented in Shandong, but unfortunately other places do not have the conditions for promotion.

"If this breaks the rules of the squires, no one will object?" People collect 60% of the rent, and you receive 40%, which will be regarded as unruly and excluded.

"Yes! Those thieves either wrote to the court or brought Jin soldiers over, and almost raised troops to make a rebellion, of course, Yan Zhienvoy was not polite, and led the troops to suppress it, killing a river of blood. This is how the former owner of this house was raided. The land was then taken over by the government and leased out. ”

Although there are only a few words from Miao Miao, the thrilling in it makes Zhao Zheng realize that this girl is playing is real.

"Now the scholars in Shandong call Yan Zhizhi the female devil, no one is willing to come to Mizhou to be an official, and all the people who are now bitter and military have become county officials."

"Didn't the imperial court send a group of officials over?" It is no wonder that Yan Qianwu will write several times to ask the imperial court to send liuguan, in addition to showing loyalty, there are also reasons why he can't find talented herdsmen.

"It's sent, it's not much, and there aren't a few people who are willing to come to our poor mountains and bad waters, all of them are crowded into Zhucheng as officials, our Jiaoxi County Order is said to have been a Qiu Ba before, because it is a person from Baiyun Palace, and he knows a few words, so he was appointed as the county order."

"Acknowledged by the imperial court?" Zhao Zheng was surprised.

"If the court doesn't admit it, there's no way, this place was brought down by Yan Zhi's envoy. She can toss as much as the old man likes, and the court can't say anything gossip. ”

It's really earth-shattering, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but sigh sincerely when he heard this, although Yan Tianwu did this to evil Confucianism, he seemed to have won the hearts of the people.

"I see that Brother Scar supports Yan so much, I don't know what benefits she has brought to the people?"

"The benefits? Let me tell you, there are many benefits, our place used to produce saltpeter, and everyone used to let these things pile together, and there was no use, and then Yan made a messenger to let everyone gather together, and mine these saltpeter in a unified manner, and then sell it to the government, and the money obtained does not go through the government, directly according to the degree of everyone's contribution, and divide it equally, this alone will give many people in our Liang Township a way to live.

There is also the salt, in the past, the government hired people to dry the salt, and could not buy and sell privately, which was a big crime of killing the head, but now the government allows everyone to dry the salt privately, and also sent people down to guide how to dry, and then the government unified procurement, although the price is two percent lower than the market, but the remaining eighty percent is obtained out of thin air, and there is kelp, that thing is said to be the national teacher to cast the immortal magic and change, the high yield is scary. I told you that a large number of people starved to death every year in the past few years, but last year I was stunned that not a single one starved to death! ”

The hearts of the people are so easy to buy, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but sigh, maybe with the current conditions, Yan Qianwu's road is very likely to not go to the end, but everything she has done will undoubtedly leave a strong mark, and future generations will dig out her great value from this history, which is enough.

In Zhao Zheng's heart, she is still just a girl after all, and she can't afford this heavy history.

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After Scarface said goodbye to Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng decided to go to the streets of Liangxiang alone to experience the scenery of this northern country.

It was the early spring, it was the season when everything was recovering, and human beings were sowing seeds with hard work, and the faces of the people in Liangxiang were full of hope, the world was so hard, they thought they would give up.

"Little brother, you are from the Song Kingdom, those carriages yesterday must be yours, right?" Zhao Zheng was walking on the street when someone suddenly greeted him, and Zhao Zheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was a young man.

Zhao Zheng looked at this young man with some surprise, thinking to himself, could it be that he had the word Song Guoren written on his face?

"How do you know, big brother?"

The young man smiled: "Only the people of the Song Kingdom can wear such good clothes, and besides, we have rarely come to Liangxiang in the past two years, and you are so handsome, so you pay special attention to it." ”

Only a person with a warm pillow in his heart would greet a stranger in such a warm way, and before Yan Tianwu's light fully shone on this place, the people here have changed so much, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but have a dreamlike feeling.

After thinking about it, Zhao Zheng saw that all the people on the street were rushing in one direction, and asked the young man next to him curiously: "What are these people going to do?" ”

The young man was also about to rush over at this time, and explained to Zhao Zheng casually: "It should be the immortal master of the Baiyun Immortal Palace who is here." ”

Baiyun Palace? Zhao Zheng frowned, Yan Tianwu had written a letter to himself before, asking him to send some Taoist priests to marry Shandong, spread his teachings, and agricultural knowledge, but the Song Kingdom itself urgently needed these skilled Taoist priests, plus Shandong was in constant war and was a bitter cold place, so Miao Miao came.

So Zhao Zheng couldn't help but suspect that person was a liar.

Zhao Zheng walked with the flow of people, and at this time the meeting place was already crowded, Zhao Zheng was squeezed to the outermost periphery, and the people gathered around a high platform. The Taoist priest on the stage, Zhao Zheng has never seen it, but this cannot be asserted that this person is a liar, there are tens of thousands of disciples in Baiyun Palace, and Zhao Zheng doesn't know many people.

The Taoist priest opened his mouth, and the people underground suddenly fell silent.

"It is said that since the birth of Zhao Zhenjun, the strength of this Song country has grown day by day, Zhao Zhenjun has done his best for the Song country, and has sent countless immortals to help the Song country and help the court. (To be continued.) )