Yanzhou is divided into two cities, east and west, there is a deep stream in the middle to separate the state city, the state government is in the west city, but Zhang Yue did not live in the state government, but lived in the east city marshal's mansion, because it is mainly in charge of the military, and the military camp is in the east of the city, so this is understandable, and it is not a violation.

Zhang Yue got up before dawn, and he couldn't sleep with a lot of things at hand. First stand on the stake in the back garden, practice boxing and knives, guns, bows and arrows, and by the way, point out the second brother Zhang Cheng, this kid is still practicing basic skills, in fact, he can't instruct, he has to rely on his own hard practice.

"Come back for breakfast! You are still grinding, the officials of the state government in front have arrived! Cheng Yachan shouted at the gate of the garden.

Zhang Yue responded, went to take a cold shower, washed off his sweat, went back to the room to change into a clean official robe, and when he came out, he saw that the second brother was already sitting in the hall and eating heavily, and I don't know if this kid has washed his hands and face, and it is estimated that he has not adapted to the current good life. Cheng Yachan watched from the side, and saw that the sweat on his forehead hadn't dried yet, so she couldn't help but wipe him with a handkerchief.

"He's not lazy, is he? How many words can you read? Zhang Yue walked over and picked up a small white porcelain bowl, breakfast was glutinous, that is, noodle soup, and two plates of yellow crispy pancakes.

"You can recognize four or five hundred, including numbers, and you can count some, saying that your father taught you, and you used to know fewer words than him, didn't you?" Cheng Yachan couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling when she said this.

"How is that possible? Don't listen to him talk nonsense......" Zhang Yue denied it with a smile, and asked again: "He's still honest, if he doesn't obey, he will be beaten, don't let him run out and wander around!" ”

"It's much more honest than you, but it's a little careless, shouting that you want to go to the barracks! If he is really disobedient, how can I beat him? Cheng Yachan glanced at him and said angrily.

"Don't pay attention to him, let Mr. Feng teach him to read after a while, and let Xuan Chongwen be brought to the army in the future, I am such a younger brother, how can I be trained to become a tiger general!" Zhang Yue said with a smile.

After eating breakfast quickly, Zhang Yue went out of the front hall courtyard and went to the official office to sign the detention room, where Feng Qianhou, Xuan Chongwen, Han Sheng, and Zong Jingcheng were waiting to exchange opinions on the matters to be discussed and established today.

Seeing Zhang Yue come in, the three of them saluted together, Zhang Yue waved his hand, sat down and said with a smile: "Don't be polite, just get down to business!" ”

Feng Qianhou spoke first: "Let's talk about the inspection first, after Han Zhongming was stationed at Luzi Pass, the merchants of Yanzhou turned to the northwest along Luoshui, and crossed Gyeongju to buy Daochuan to Wuyuan in Yanzhou. In this way, we will set up an additional checkpoint on the border of Yeonju and Gyeongse, so that we can collect taxes on salt entering Yeonju. And Gyeongju is now taken over by Zhai Cong'en, and we are only responsible for border defense and cracking down on private traders, so it is not good to meddle in state affairs anymore. ”

"This matter is now handed over to Zong Jingcheng, and Brother Deyu will help you with one or two. Brother Chongwen was in charge of the northern border defense of Yanzhou, and Brother Xiaode stayed in Yanzhou to help me deal with state affairs. If there is nothing else, then go and meet with the state officials. Zhang Yue quickly established the candidate.

Several people went out of the compound together, and when they arrived at the main hall of the Shuai Mansion in front, more than a dozen Yanzhou officials were talking noisily under the eaves of the hall, and they were immediately silent when they saw Zhang Yue coming out.

Zhang Yue Shengtang and Feng Qianhou sat down, and then ordered the pro-soldiers on duty to pass it on, and the first person to meet was of course Ma Xuanming, who was in his forties, slightly fat, and spoke eloquently and methodically.

"From the end of Jin Kaiyun to the early years of Han Qianyou, for more than a year, Yanzhou was extremely chaotic. When Li Shouzhen rebelled in the middle of the river, Li Yiyin of Xiazhou sent troops to cross the Luzi Pass, plundered Jiao County, and the soldiers once arrived under the city of Yanzhou, plundered the countryside of Jinming and Fenglin counties, and retreated only when they heard that Li Shouzhen's soldiers were defeated and died. And Gao Yunquan did not act, and watched the party people plunder many people, plus those who fled, so the Yanzhou hukou was never restored. Ma Xuanming, who joined the army, reported on the number of household registrations.

Is that really the case? The number of households in the nine counties of Yanzhou is only 9,000 households is slightly worse, and the number of mouths is hundreds of thousands, and according to the official visit, there are more than 100 wealthy families in the six counties in the south, each household has countless fields, and the number of mouths is nearly 1,000, and these large households have a population of 100,000, what do you say? Zhang Yue asked coldly.

"This is the time of war in the past years, the influx of displaced people from other places into the state, the local big families take the opportunity to take in the young and strong, accept them as tenants, and some simply buy them as slaves and villagers, and the state government has no surplus food to help, usually acquiesce in this matter, so this situation is formed." Ma Xuanming began to get nervous, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

This Zhang inspector has found out the situation in this state, and he has a lot of granges and farms in his own home, I am afraid that this Zhang inspector will investigate this matter, Ma Xuanming has to tell the truth.

"The official knows in his heart, you go down! Chuan Sihu and Sitian joined the army and went to the court! Zhang Yue waved his hand impatiently.

It took a whole morning to meet with the high-ranking officials of the state government in turn, and he couldn't ask for any substantive content, Zhang Yue was very annoyed and didn't know how to start for a while.

At noon, Zhang Yue did not return to the back house, and had dinner with Feng Qianhou in the signing room, which was of course sent by Cheng Yachan to the second brother Zhang Cheng. Zhang Yue was irritable, swept away, gobbled up, and quickly finished eating. got up and poured two cups of tea, handed one to Feng Qianhou, sat down and asked, "Yanzhou's political affairs are very bad!" Brother Xiaode doesn't have anything to say? ”

"Yes!" Feng Qianhou replied with a word, wiped his mouth slowly, took a sip of tea, and then put down the teacup and said solemnly: "Yanzhou is like a pool of stagnant water, the big fish are lying at the bottom of the water, of course you have no way to start!" ”

"This metaphor ......" Zhang Yue shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Do you want to drain the water?" Let them surface themselves before they do it? ”

"What else could you do? You are just patrolling and temporarily taking care of state affairs, and there is no suitable charge, why do you break up a large number of tenants and granges from them? In the future, as soon as you leave, the new marshal takes office, and the old disease recurs as usual, what else can you do? Feng Qian's thick eyelids rolled, and Zhang Yue was immediately speechless.

Zhang Yue opened his mouth, choked so much that he couldn't say a word, unconsciously picked up the teacup and took a big sip, and suddenly screamed strangely and spit it out. After a long pause, he suddenly laughed and said, "I understand!" Not only does it require a proper crime, a proper timing, but it also requires a set of laws, right? ”

"That's right, it's not right! You have to pull out a few big fish and slaughter them so that they don't do it again in the future, and then frame them to death by law, so that it can really be effective, otherwise you don't do it, lest you don't arrest the fox and get into trouble. "Feng Qianhou is really ruthless, and if he opens his mouth, he will be slaughtered and arrested.

"When's that going to be? Wait until the daylilies are cold! Zhang Yue was very impatient, and with his thoughts, he directly used the order of the state government to force the big households in the counties to hand over the tenants and land properties, but this would offend the state officials and local big households, and the effect might not be too good, so he hesitated and was irritable.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yue said again: "Why don't we start with Zhang Kuangtu?" Just don't wait, and don't have to scruples. ”