"This is the article Chen written by Dangyang Chang to the Ming Mansion," Jun Cheng presented several copies of Wang An's article to Wu Jianglong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Do you want food or money?" Wu Jianglong didn't answer, but said: "This official has looked through the strips of the counties in Nanjun over the years, and this dangyang strip is either asking for food or money, but as a result, a lot of money and grain is still like this, should it be a bandit or a bandit, should it be a disaster or a disaster." ”

Jun Cheng said: "It's not to ask the Ming Mansion for money and food." Wang An asked to leave next year's taxes in Dangyang and not to hand them over to the Taishou Mansion. ”

"Don't want money?" Wu Jianglong took the chapter and browsed it: "Wang An wants to build water conservancy in Dangyang?" Is this serious? ”

"Wang An has already started work." Jun Cheng presented a map to Wu Jianglong: "This is Wang Anxing's plan for repairing water conservancy. Wu Jianglong looked at it carefully and asked Jun Cheng: "You have been an official in Nanjun for many years, is this plan of Dangyang feasible?" ”

Jun Cheng returned: "Dangyang River has been in disrepair for a long time, these years are heavy rain disasters, small rain and small disasters, several big wealthy families took advantage of the famine to pocket the fertile land, built a dam to protect their own fields, as soon as the water came, it flowed into the fields of the surrounding people, making the people miserable. If you don't deal with these wealthy people, it is useless to just clean up the river. ”

"These are not matters under the jurisdiction of this official, as for who wins and who loses between the Wang family boy and the Dangyang Hao family, it has little to do with this official." Wu Jianglong said, "In this case, this official will allow him to request, and there will be no need to pay Jiangling for the tax in Dangyang next year." "Anyway, I can't receive money, so it's better to sell my favor to the Wang family.

Wu Jianglong said to Jun Cheng: "This official is going to inspect the water army of Nan County, spring is coming, the water of South County should have rested enough, the water army has been practicing for so long, it is time to go out for activities." The affairs of the house will be left to you. "One of the major threats to Gangneung, the seat of the Nanjun County Governor, is the water bandits, and Wu Jianglong's task is to exterminate the water bandits, not to do nothing like his predecessor Xiao Yu. For Wu Jianglong, this is probably his last hope to return to Chang'an.

"The head of the Chu family, the boy of the Wang family wants Lao Tzu to demolish the embankment within ten days, saying that it is encroaching on the river and is not conducive to flooding. That piece of land has been occupied by the Chang family for nearly 20 years, and the Wang family boy said that it would be demolished. "The head of the Chang family complained to the head of the Chu family.

The head of the Chu family looked at the other party: "Not only for your family, but also for the Chu family and the other three, the boy of the Wang family has already sent someone to inform each family that for the sake of flood control, all the fields that encroach on the river must be spit out." ”

The head of the Chang family asked, "Could it be that the Chu family is willing to spit out the meat they eat?" ”

"Governing the Dangyang River is a move for the benefit of the people, how can the Chu family be enemies of the people of the county for their own selfishness, the old man has already sent the steward to take people to dismantle the embankment."

The head of the Chang family is not a fool, the head of the Chu family has already pointed out their situation, as long as they dare to oppose it, it is "an enemy of the people of the county", is it not justifiable to deal with them? They used to deal with officials in a bad way, Wang An wanted money and money, grain and food, but now he wants soldiers and soldiers, and he doesn't have to look at the faces of the five wealthy families. Within a month of Wang An's arrival, most of the minor officials had been replaced, either the people brought by Wang An himself, or the people selected from the three elders, the sifu and the wanderers in various townships, thus encircling a large group of people.

"Are we just watching the Wang family kid control the yang?"

The head of the Chu family glanced at the head of the Chang family and said, "The old man is old, and he has no intention or ability to go against the Wang family." The old man reminded the head of the Chang family that the reason why the Wang family kid was not controlled was because he had food and money. ”

After the head of the Chang family left, Chu Yuan asked the head of the Chu family: "The money and grain of the county are transported by water from Nanyang to Ruoxian and get off the ship in Ruoxian, so there is a big warehouse in Ruoxian, and the defense is tight, these fathers have already found out, why didn't my father tell the Chang family?" ”

"Everyone is not stupid, and the old man's intentions are also clear to the head of the family, so he will not do this kind of thing to make wedding dresses for others. The reason why the old man pointed out the weakness of the Wang family kid was that he hoped that the head of the Chang family would be killed when he was desperate in the future. ”

"Father is saying that the county is ready to take the Chang family?"

The head of the Chu family nodded: "Our family likes to be brave and ruthless, and he doesn't know how to do things in moderation, but he is so public, and his crime is the easiest for the Wang family boy to get." The boy of the Wang family did not stay in the county office, either in the barracks, or mixed in the construction site, mixed with those villagers, and it was difficult to ensure that no one went to complain. The demolition of the levees is just the beginning, and there will be more and more of this in the future. ”

"Father, what are we going to do next?"

"No, there are so many places for the Wang family to spend money, and the father wants to see how long he can last." The head of the Chu family stood up and said, "For my father, I want to go to the river to see if the embankment is finished." ”

With the start of river remediation, Wang An is also worried about the lack of money. Although the money given by the people is small, the food needed for two meals a day is not less, and the purchase of food also requires a lot of money.

Wang An returned to the county government from the construction site, immediately called Kong Xun and asked, "How much money does this official have now?" Hearing Wang An claim to be his own official, Kong Xun knew that this was to talk about official business, so he replied seriously: "The county respected borrowed a total of 1,000 taels of money and grain from the Kong family, and it has been spent 100 taels so far. ”

Wang An was a lot relieved when he heard this: "How long can the remaining nine hundred taels last?" ”

"It takes about eight taels a day to clean up the river, two hundred and forty a month, and about sixty taels for soldiers, craftsmen, and officials, and about nine hundred taels for three months. If the county rebuilds the county school, it will probably need a hundred yuan. ”

"In other words, by April, a thousand dollars will be spent?"

Kong Xun shook his head: "According to Li Peng's plan, the time required for the first phase of the Yanghe remediation project is two months, and the imperial court in the first month does not allow the levy of conscription, the first phase will end before March, and it will not delay the agricultural time." In this way, the county should spend a thousand taels in May. ”

Wang An thought about it in his heart and felt that it was enough. Kong Xun was a little worried: "The master came to Dangyang to quell the bandits, but now he has invested money and grain in digging ditches and river improvements, but there is no movement in the matter of suppressing bandits. ”

"If I send troops to suppress bandits now, I will lose my official position regardless of victory or defeat. If they win, they will impeach me for killing the good and risking the merits; If I lose, they will say that I am greedy for merit. If I don't do it, at most they will impeach me for not wanting to make progress and disappointing the emperor's grace, and they want me to do it quickly, and when the time comes, I will write a book to defend myself and tell the Prime Minister what I am doing now, and they will have nothing to say. ”

"But after five months, the master will have no money, how can he suppress the bandits and borrow money again?"

"The bandits won't give me five months," Wang An explained, "Uncle Xia once said that after the first month, there is not much food on the mountain, and the bandits will go down the mountain to grab money and grain for the spring famine, especially salt, which is the target of their robbery." How's it going to be about what I asked you to check? ”

"The salt in Dangyang County is all run by the Chu family, and no one is allowed to interfere." Kong Xun replied, "I have checked the case files over the years, and a steward of the Chu family went to the county government a few years ago to report the case, saying that the robbers robbed a few truckloads of salt, but later the steward died unexpectedly, and his family members went to the government to report the case, but the result was not resolved." ”

"No wonder Dangyang's salt is so expensive, monopoly is huge profits," Wang An sighed, "Miss Yuan's salt should be almost there, right?" ”

"It's already here, it depends on when the master will sell it?"

"Tomorrow, the price will be two percent less than the Chu family."