After the end of the autumn harvest, there was a jubilant atmosphere in Henan Province, and this year's situation is very good, stronger than in the past for many years, and it is said that the peasants will not worry too much about the problem of eating.

The market situation is also very good, prices have stabilized, this is mainly due to Song Sijun, Wan Chenggui and other businessmen, they have strong strength, monopolizing the market at the same time, in full accordance with the requirements of the government business.

Su Tiancheng did not indulge in joy, in fact, there are still some obvious problems in Henan Province, first of all, the problem of field rent, which belongs to the government and the county government all the official land, and the rent is paid according to 20% of the harvest, which includes the field tax, which is completely unified and has been implemented, and the land owned by the peasants is handed over in accordance with the regulations.

The problem lies in the arable land of the wealthy gentry, whose land endowment has become the biggest problem, and some yeoman farmers, in order to be able to avoid the small amount of land endowment, attach themselves to the homes of the wealthy gentry and voluntarily become tenants, the purpose of which is to exempt the land endowment.

Because of the existence of such a situation, the burden on the yeoman peasants has risen markedly, and the land endowment is fixed, and the officials of the government and county government collect taxes according to the fixed land endowment, and the yeoman peasants will obviously suffer a loss, and they have to bear the entire land endowment, which is certainly unreasonable.

The second is the problem of grain prices, in the autumn harvest season, grain prices are always lower, this is a normal law, when he was in Jiangning County, Su Tiancheng accepted such a point of view, but the situation in Henan Province is not normal, grain prices are too low, the purchase price of wheat is only one dollar and five cents of silver, such a price, the peasants will suffer a big loss.

The last is the habit of officials, Su Tiancheng has not been in office for a long time, and many county governors have not been in office for a long time, and the government affairs of the government, state and county governments. It is still necessary for many officials to handle it, and these officials do not have such a good consciousness, and there is still the problem of exploiting the peasants, although the prefectures and counties have emphasized it and rectified some of it. But the overall picture is not optimistic.

These problems must be solved.

The core issue is land annexation.

The situation in Jiangning County is indeed different from that of Henan Prefecture, the biggest advantage is that there is no vassal king, it is easier to rectify, and there are many scholars in the south, and after the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, there are many concepts. Penetrating into the hearts of readers, there are some things that are much easier to promote.

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun has become Su Tiancheng's heart disease.

At the beginning of August, the scorching heat season.

Sun Chengzong came to Henan Mansion.

Henan Prefecture is in the process of comprehensively rectifying the work style of officials, and all prefectures and counties have begun to clean up the ranks of officials, for those officials who have a bad reputation, are accustomed to oppressing the people, and are greedy for money. Resolutely deal with it, officials and officials. The direct dismissal involved officials, and all the prefectures and counties impeached them.

Su Tiancheng is very busy, and there are some policy issues that he needs to grasp.

At this time, Sun Chengzong came to Henan Mansion. followed Sun Chengzong, as well as Liu Zongzhou and Lu Shanji.

Sun Chengzong is seventy-three years old, and Chongzhen was appointed as a young master, a prince and a prince, a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, a scholar of the Middle Pole Palace, and a secretary of the Ministry of War. As a young master and a prince and a prince, he was given the title of secretary of the military department, and he was the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and was responsible for the extermination of the liukou, which is rare.

Due to Sun Chengzong's recommendation, Lu Shanji was appointed as the imperial envoy of the right capital to assist in the extermination of the Liukou.

As for Liu Zongzhou, he came to Henan Mansion for the sake of the Zhongxing Society.

Three halls of the government.

Su Tiancheng instructed the officials to bring ice cubes to cool down, which was already a very luxurious reception.

Seeing such a situation, Sun Chengzong waved his hand again and again, saying that he would remove the ice cubes, the emperor is now very thrifty, when he was in the Yangxin Palace, he saw the emperor's side, and it was still the palace maid shaking the fan, it is said that in the palace, there should be silver expenses, but the emperor still maintains a thrifty style, which should be learned.

"Lord Su, the old man came to Henan Mansion this time, for three things, one is to thank you for recommending the old man to the emperor, to say that the old man himself did not expect that such an age, but also to be able to governor the military affairs of the five provinces, responsible for the extermination of the rogue, I am afraid that many people think that the old man is too old to be competent, along the way, the old man and Lord Liu have had arguments, Lord Liu advised the old man to pay attention to the body, the old man said, the horse leather shroud is the old man's greatest wish."

As a high-ranking official from the first grade, Sun Chengzong did not call his official in front of Su Tiancheng, but he made his attitude clear, and the relationship between him and Su Tiancheng was the relationship between the elders and the younger generations.

"The lower official thinks that what Lord Liu said is correct, the lower official recommended the adult to the emperor, and also thought of the adult's body, but the lower official thought that the adult could deal with it calmly, this time, the rogue has suffered a catastrophe."

Sun Chengzong smiled and laughed, Liu Zongzhou and Lu Shanji on the side also nodded secretly, Su Tiancheng was very good at talking, and advised Sun Chengzong to pay attention to his body, after all, age is not forgiving, and the euphemism of words can be accepted.

"The second thing the old man said is to thank you, Shanji also means this, Sun Siming, Sun Sizong, Lu Taibing, Lu Taibo are all officials of the imperial court, the old man really didn't expect that they are all students, because they are in the Jiangning camp, they can't participate in the imperial examination, the old man and Shanji are quite unbearable, but they are soldiers, to obey orders as their duty, Su Daren recommended them to serve as the magistrate, this is their promotion, the old man and Shanji have written to them, they must do things according to the requirements of Su Daren, If they mess around, Master Su will discipline them severely. ”

This matter is indeed beyond the expectations of Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji, and it is indeed possible for a student to become the magistrate in the early Ming Dynasty, but now, even the tribute students who participated in the examination may not be able to directly serve as the magistrate.

Su Tiancheng smiled and didn't say anything, there are some controversies in this matter so far, but he doesn't care.

"The third thing is the matter of the Zhongxing Society, the society has poured a lot of people's efforts, and Master Su is even more indispensable, Lord Liu came to Henan Mansion, that is, for the affairs of the Zhongxing Society, the old man can help as much as he can, mainly relying on Lord Su."

The three things that Sun Chengzong said are not big things, they are all etiquette, the affairs of the Zhongxing Society, there is already enough experience, after coming to Henan Mansion, according to the gourd to draw the scoop, it will not be too difficult, the focus is still to exterminate the Liukou, but such a thing, it is better to talk about it alone.

After eating, Su Tiancheng accompanied Sun Chengzong around Luoyang City.

"My lord, Xia Guan thought of some tips for exterminating the rogues."

"Master Su, if you don't say it, the old man also wants to communicate with you, the old man took over in a bit of a hurry, and he is still analyzing the whole situation, and he feels a little tricky."

"The imperial army has recently suffered a heavy blow, and the situation is indeed a little bad, but the lower officials think that the problem is not very big, the combat effectiveness of the Liukou is not comparable with before, in the past few years, the main force of the Liukou, most of them are composed of mutinous sergeants, the basic quality of these people is different, but in the battle of Zhongdu, the elite of the Liukou has almost been lost, and in a short period of time, it is difficult to recover. Considering these factors, Xia Guan thought that the problem was not very big. ”

"What Master Su means, it's better to be steady, don't worry, isn't that what you mean?"

"That's exactly what Xia Guan meant."

"The old man also thinks so, he still needs to be steady, but in the court, the thoughts of many adults are not like this, the imperial army has suffered a heavy blow, the crowd is excited, and the emperor is a little unstable, but the old man's thoughts are different, the old man has always thought that the more this is the case, the more he can't be anxious, if he is in a hurry, things may not be done."

"The lord said this truth, the lower officials agreed, the rogues won the battle, the morale is high, at such a time, the imperial army attacks again, it may not have a good effect, it still needs to take its time."

"Then tell me, there is another problem, the Liukou is definitely going to expand now, it is impossible to stay in Shaanxi, if it flows to Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, won't it cause trouble again, and the court will definitely not want to see such a situation."

"Xia Guan feels that the main task of the imperial army at present is to prevent the rogue from wandering around, as long as the main passage is held in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, it can prevent the rogue from harassing everywhere."

Sun Chengzong nodded, agreeing with this view.

"My lord, the lower officials are still a little worried, the imperial army has suffered heavy losses, such news, Hou Jin is probably aware of it, if at such a time, they launch an attack and fish in troubled waters, it is also very possible."

Sun Chengzong looked at Su Tiancheng, and his eyes shot out of the essence.

"Master Su's consideration is very reasonable, the old man has long been aware of it, every time the rogue makes a large-scale disturbance, Houjin will take the opportunity to harass, quite a bit of a combination of inside and outside, the old man has strictly ordered Datong and Xuanfu to strengthen vigilance, Shanhaiguan and Yanmen area, it is even more necessary to pay attention."

"There is no problem with this arrangement."

"It seems that Master Su has long thought about the overall strategy, so good, if there is a chance, the old man still has to find Master Su from time to time and consult with each other."

Sun Chengzong did not mention the Jiangning camp for the time being, which Su Tiancheng was very pleased with, if this old man opened his mouth and asked the Jiangning camp to start exterminating the Liukou, he really couldn't refuse, now that Sun Chengzong is leading the matter of exterminating the Liukou, the strategy will change fundamentally, this is a great thing, the Jiangning camp can step up cultivation, and Henan Mansion can also develop gradually.

In the next step, Su Tiancheng is going to start thinking about the construction of the Jiangning Battalion, he is a traverser, no matter what, he has an extraordinary understanding of hot weapons, and the goal of the construction of the Jiangning Battalion is still to develop in the direction of hot weapons. (To be continued......)